{"id":94285,"date":"2022-04-25T11:39:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94285"},"modified":"2022-04-25T11:39:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:39:49","slug":"concensus-drive-ango-abdullahi-on-his-own-over-saraki-balas-choice-baba-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/concensus-drive-ango-abdullahi-on-his-own-over-saraki-balas-choice-baba-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Concensus Drive: Ango\u00a0 Abdullahi On His Own Over Saraki, Bala\u2019s Choice \u2013 Baba-Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1731073413286986226\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF),\u00a0 Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has disowned their leader, Prof Ango Abdullahi, saying he was acting on his own when he endorsed former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, and Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, as consensus presidential candidates of the North for the PDP.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Specifically, a statement issued by the NEF\u2019s director of Publicity and Advocacy noted that the entire process to produce the consensus candidates did not involve the forum.According to him, Prof Abdullahi concluded the assignment on Northern consensus candidate, released a detailed report and recommendation, which he signed in his individual capacity.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the forum has remained consistent in its conviction that all parts of the country should play their parts freely, unhindered by restrictions in line with the principles of inclusion and fairness.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed said the forum believes that the North has excellent candidates whose fate should be left to party delegates and voters to decide.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads in part: \u201cIt has become necessary to address the impression created in part by mischief, and in part by genuine confusion over the role of the Convener of Northern Elders Forum, in the efforts to create consensus among four aspirants for the Presidential ticket of the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>The idea to attempt to engineer a consensus among the aspirants was that of the aspirants themselves. governors Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Malam Mohammed Hayatudeen had informed Badamasi Babangida of their intention and requested elderly intervention and advice in the event that their efforts failed to produce consensus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Babangida, in turn, requested Professor Ango Abdullahi in his individual capacity to design and manage a process that could improve a consensus agreement among the four aspirants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disowning Prof Abdullahi, Baba-Ahmed said \u201cIt is important to make clear that the entire process did not involve the Northern Elders Forum as a group, and is not a product of the group. Professor Ango Abdullahi is free to undertake any lawful activity as a citizen, and genuine misinterpretations of his role are understandable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthern Elders Forum is not affiliated to any political party or aspirant, and is strongly committed to the creation of a level playing field which will allow the emergence of the best leaders in the 2023 elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that the forum remains united behind the protection and projection of interests of the North and Nigeria, and will play its role as it had done whenever circumstances demand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_5347637405569911931ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF),\u00a0 Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has disowned their leader, Prof Ango Abdullahi, saying he was acting on his own when he endorsed former Senate president,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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