Following his suspension over making unauthorized remarks suggesting that the North would back a northern presidential candidate in the 2027 elections, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has pardoned its erstwhile suspended Chairman of its National Executive Committee (NEC). Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman (SAN)
This was said in a succinct statement released by the forum’s general secretary, Malam Murtala Aliyu, on Wednesday.
According to Aliyu, the suspension was lifted because of the Forum’s unity, peace, and reconciliation committee’s intervention in the situation, which was chaired by Yayale Ahmed, the former secretary to the government of the Federation.
He went on to say that Osuman’s suspension as ACF Chairman has been revoked and the conflicting issues have been settled peacefully for the benefit of the North.
The statement read. “That the ACF Unity, Peace, and Reconciliation Committee under the chairmanship of Dr Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, CFR, Ajiyan Katagum, has intervened in the recent leadership crisis in ACF.
“It had invited some stakeholders, including the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and that of the National Executive Council, among others, and has had a family discussion on the unfortunate development.
“Consequently, the issue has been amicably resolved in the interest of the great people of Arewa, and the suspension is hereby withdrawn.”
Osuman’s initial suspension was traced to statements he allegedly made that were criticized by some of the BoT and NEC members as deviating from the organization’s non-partisanship.
In a statement jointly signed by the ACF General Secretary, Malam Murtala Aliyu, and BoT Chairman Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, Osuman was accused of making unauthorized remarks suggesting that the North would back a northern presidential candidate in the 2027 elections.
