The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has suspended its National Chairman, Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman (SAN), with immediate effect for issuing an unauthorised statement.
The suspension was announced in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna.
The statement was jointly signed by Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu and Alhaji Murtala Aliyu, the forum’s Chairman and Secretary Board of Trustees respectively.
According to the statement, Osuman, issued a statement on Wednesday during the forum’s meeting in Kaduna, saying that the North will back a northern candidate for the presidency in 2027, which was reported in some media platforms.
The forum said Osuman made the statement without consulting or discussing with other leaders and members of the ACF and therefore reflected his personal opinion only.
“The attention of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has been drawn to widely reported statements credited to Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman, (SAN), Chairman, ACF National Executive Committee (NEC), which were made during the meeting of the NEC, held on Wednesday, November, 2024, at ACF Headquarters, Kaduna”, the statement reads.
“In particular, Mr. Osuman was quoted as saying that the North will back a northern candidate for the presidency, come 2027.
“The statements were made by the NEC Chairman without consulting or discussing with other leaders and members of the ACF and thus, reflected Mr. Osuman’s personal opinion only.
“ACF rejects Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman’s statements in their entirety.
“For this reason, the leadership of the ACF’s Board of Trustees (BOT) and that of its NEC has decided to place Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman on suspension with immediate effect. A Committee has been constituted for further investigations.”
