The Northern socio-political
group, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, says it has not decided the fate of
President Mohammadu Buhari in the 2019 election.
Chairman of the group, Ibrahim
Coomasie, who made the remark, noted that ACF will soon give directives on
which candidate the North should vote for.
Coomasie, while speaking with New
Telegraph, said Nigerians should wait for the voice of the ACF, stressing that
those speaking “are on their own.”
According to the former Inspector
General of Police, “In 2015, I was the champion of the whole process.
“We said that leadership must
come back to the north and we said that any party that nominated a northerner,
we would support the person and the party.
“Then APC nominated President
Buhari and then I came out to say that we would support him and we did support
him.
Commenting on groups which passed
vote of no confidence on the President, Coomasie said, “Those groups are on
their own, and that is why ACF issued a rejoinder to that effect. So, ACF is
standing by that rejoinder. For what are they, the Alpha and Omega?
“ACF is the Umbrella organisation
of all northern groups and organisations. So, you have to wait until ACF talks.
“Even though it is too early for
me to comment on President Buhari’s re-election bid, let me say that it is his
constitutional right to contest for the presidency of this country just like he
did in 2015.
“He has the right to contest and
nobody can stop him. If you remember, former President Olusegun Obasanjo tried
to stop him and we said it was wrong for Obasanjo to stop him and he should
not. Let us leave the man to decide for himself and he has now decided that he
wants to contest.
“In 2015, it was after the APC
gave him the ticket that we came out to talk. And we decided to support him.
But for now, the time is too early”.
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