The pan-northern socio-political organisation, the  Arewa Consultative Forum, on Thursday said its membership was not by force.

The ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, said this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, while reacting to the emergence of a breakaway group in the pan-northern organisation.

Yawe said the ACF  said was not worried about the emergence of the North-Central Peoples Forum.

On Wednesday, prominent leaders from the North-Central announced their exit from the ACF, citing the worsening insecurity in northern Nigeria.

The NCPF, which has as its interim Chairman, a former Minister of Health, Gabriel Aduku, said it would fight insecurity in the North-Central.

Commenting on the emergence of the new group, Yawe said the ACF was a big family that accommodated diverse interests in the region.

Yawe added that the ACF would not expel the NCPF member,  neither was the northern body angry over the development.

The forum’s spokesman said, “We are not worried at the ACF at all. The north is a very big region of this country.  Niger State alone is three times bigger than the entire South-East geopolitical zone. So, we are not worried when such a  thing happens because when you are so big and you accommodate people of such diverse backgrounds, a lot of things are bound to develop.

‘We cannot force everybody to belong to the ACF,  but we accept every northerner as member of ACF.

“We have a vision of what we want the North to be. We want the North to catch up and maybe overtake the South in terms of development in education, industry, agriculture and everything. So, any group that says it has broken away from the ACF, if really they have broken away, if they have the same vision with us, they are welcome.”

SOKAPU lauds new group, says one North  a deceit, never existed

But the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union commended the emergence of the North Central Peoples Forum.

The National Public Relations Officer of SOKAPU, Mr Luka Binniyat, while reacting  to the formation of the NCPF, told one of our correspondents in Kaduna on Thursday that  the development was long awaited.

According to Binniyat, the ACF  means little or nothing to the people of Southern Kaduna.



The SOKAPU’s spokesman said, “It is a super positive development and long awaited, although it will be subsumed under the Middle Belt Forum, in which Southern Kaduna is an active member.

“The ACF has meant little or nothing for Southern Kaduna but serves as a ruse to pursue the interest of the core north under a false ‘One North’  that has truly never existed.

“The truth should be sinking into everyone that a united, monolithic North, if it ever existed, is finally dead and buried, no matter the number of Middle Belt persons they are fronting as leaders of the ACF.

“SOKAPU welcomes the development and we shall write to congratulate them for their courage and vision.”

We don’t know NCPF’s intention –M’Belt Forum

On its part, the Middle Belt Forum said it did not know the real intention behind the formation of the breakaway group.

The National President of the forum, Dr Bitrus Porgu who spoke to one of our correspondents in Jos on Thursday said only time would tell.

He added that the Middle Belt Forum was intact and ready to face any group or organisation  whose formation was to destabilise the people of the region

Porgu said “We are watching what the people in the breakaway ACF will do because for now, we don’t know their real intention. If dissatisfaction in the operation of the parent body was the reason behind the formation of the new group or a design to destabilize the Middle Belt Forum, we will know with time.”    ,,

What is the essence of the group that can't help for better nation

Arrewa, whaddya say? Middle beltans say one monolitic north is a deceit and its dead n buried.

Hope the Niger Deltans are reading this.. same fate awaits the "we SS/SE" romance.

ebenhazard:
What is the essence of the group that can't help for better nation

but its better to stand alone than to be under a false union.

This is the clear example of what that happened to Middle Belt people

What exactly is your point?

flokii:
Hope the Niger Deltans are reading this.. same fate awaits the "we SS/SE" romance.

Parisian:
What exactly is your point?

Say NO to "we the SS/SE" attachee by force.

flokii:
Hope the Niger Deltans are reading this.. same fate awaits the "we SS/SE" romance.

My yoruba muslim friend are u not tired of serving the North

flokii:


Say NO to "we the SS/SE" attachee by force.

your plan to derail the thread is dead on arrival...

God punish all Buhari supporters

To me, this is another brain child of the northern elite to keep power in the north... Very soon, you we hear that north Central have not produce a presidential candidate

Alright...true.

flokii:


Say NO to "we the SS/SE" attachee by force.

Last last reality has dawn on everyone.

flokii:


Say NO to "we the SS/SE" attachee by force.

ALHAJI YOU NOR DEY TIRE

how can they leave the Arewa to be with ....??

the north is ONE.


they will run back to Arewa.


gaskiyya