Arewa Forum Suspends Chairman, Mamman Osuman For Claiming ‘North Will Back Only Northern Candidate In 2027 Election’

The apex northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has suspended the Chairman of its National Executive Council (NEC), Mr Mamman Mike Osuman, over a statement credited to him on the 2027 general elections.

Osuman during a meeting of the NEC, held on Wednesday, November, 2024, at ACF Headquarters, Kaduna had been quoted as saying that the North would back a northern candidate for the presidency, come 2027.

However, the ACF Chairman of Board Trustees, Alh Bashir Muhammad Dalhatu and National Secretary, Alh Murtala Aliyu, in a statement on Thursday, noted that the statements were made by Osuman without consulting or discussing with other leaders and members of the ACF and thus, reflected Osuman’s personal opinion only.

The statement stressed that “Our attention 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 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”, it added.