ACF Suspends Chairman Mike Osuman, NEC Over Unauthorized Statement
By Juliet Vincent
The leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Board of Trustees (BoT) and that of its National Executive Committee (NEC) has suspended its Chairman, Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman with immediate effect over an unauthorized statement.
This was contained in a statement by Alhaji Bashir Muhammad Dalhatu, Matawallen Gombe, Chairman, ACF Board of Trustees and Alhaji Murtala Aliyu Wazirin Dutse, Secretary General.
In the statement on Thursday, it pointed out that: “The attention of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has been drawn to widely reported statements credited to Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman, SAN, OFR, Chairman, ACF National Executive Committee (NEC), which were made during the meeting of the NEC, held on Wednesday, November, 2024, at ACF Headquarters, Kaduna.
“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,” the statement explained.
It noted that the ACF rejects Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman’s statements in their entirety.
It stated that a Committee has been constituted for further investigations.
