{"id":74148,"date":"2020-06-15T00:44:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=74148"},"modified":"2020-06-15T00:44:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:44:39","slug":"buhari-describes-northern-elders-as-irritants-lacking-credibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-describes-northern-elders-as-irritants-lacking-credibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Describes Northern Elders As \u201cIrritants, Lacking Credibility&#8230;\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">\u00a0President Mohammadu Buhari took a ship at the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, describing them as mere irritant and featherweight group without credible membership.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The President in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, likened NEF to a General without troops.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Elders Forum had earlier in a statement yesterday signed by its Convener, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, alleged that the insecurity in some northern states of the country was an indication that President Muhammadu Buhari and the governors of those states have lost control over the protection of the people which is a constitutional duty.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the statement, the Presidency said, \u201cWe are not surprised by this latest statement by Prof. Abdullahi, and our past position on what his group represents remains unchanged: a mere irritant and featherweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe former vice-chancellor signed the statement under the banner of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF). Hearing that title, you would think the body was a conglomeration of true elders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the truth is that NEF is just Ango Abdullahi, and Ango Abdullahi is NEF. It is a quasi-organization that boasts of no credible membership, and its leader is akin to a General without troops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the 2019 presidential election, the one-man army called NEF had shown its antipathy against President Buhari and its preference for another candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all got beaten together.<\/p>\n<p>NEF is merely waving a flag that is at half-mast. President Buhari steadily and steadfastly focuses on the task of retooling Nigeria, and discerning Nigerians know the true state of the nation. 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