The Presidency slams the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) over its comments on the nation’s security challenges. In a statement on Sunday, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, accused the group of being political in its activities.
NEF had accused President Buhari and the Governors of certain Northern States of the insecurity in the states, stating that, the President and governors of the states has lost control over the protection of the people
It added in a statement by its coordinator, Ango Abdullahi that President Buhari’s government has failed in its fight against bandits and Boko Haram insurgents.
According to the NEF, the people of the North are now completely at the mercy of armed gangs who wreak havoc at will in towns and villages, as a result of the recent escalation of attacks by bandits, rustlers, and insurgents.
Adesina in his response believes the statement by the group is not strange and the Presidency’s position on what the group represents remains unchanged.
“A mere irritant and featherweight,” he said in the statement. “The 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.” “But the truth is that NEF is just Ango Abdullahi, and Ango Abdullahi is NEF. It is a quasi-organisation that boasts of no credible membership, and its leader is akin to a General without troops.
“Before the 2019 presidential election, the one-man army called NEF had shown its antipathy against President Buhari and its preference for another candidate. They all got beaten together,” he added. I’m
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