The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has disowned the widely-reported endorsement of President Buhari as its candidate for the 2019 presidential election.
In a statement it issued Monday evening NEF said there was never a time the Forum met to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari’s candidature and that its last meeting was convened in the month of September, 2019 and no such thing was discussed.
Signed by Captain Bashir Sodangi on behalf of NEF, the statement emphasized that the endorsement by its Convener – Dr. Paul Unongo was his personal opinion, in a recent interview that he had The Sun newspaper.
Captain Sodangi, in the statement lamented the decidedly partisan controversies the matter has “unnecessarily” pushed the NEF into, saying the Forum felt obliged to make immediate clarification.
The statement further stressed thus: “if at any time the NEF should meet on 2019, our position supported by detailed reasons, shall be duly communicated through our official communication channel as usual”.
Nasir Dambatta
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