The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kano has distanced itself from claims that it is against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu being the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election.
Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday, the state chairman of the forum, Gwani Farouk Umar, stated that the group does not subscribe to a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Muhd Tukur Baba, who said that the group did not support Tinubu’s sole candidacy for the APC ticket in 2027.
Umar stressed that the comments were not made on behalf of the ACF and that the forum was displeased by them.
“What the spokesman said was not with our consent, and we are not happy about it. We are not politicians and we do not take sides with candidates,” he said.
He stated that the Kano Chapter had disavowed the comments and urged the national body of the ACF to scrutinise any political declaration before it goes public.
He explained that it was not the first time such an event had occurred. He recalled a similar instance in the past when a representative of the ACF had supported a candidate in an election, only for the forum to later deny the statement.
Umar urged the leadership to caution Baba to prevent a recurrence.
He further noted that ahead of the 2023 general elections, the ACF had met with representatives of political parties and secured their commitments to the forum’s demands.
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