Northern Elders Condemn FG Relocation Of Heavy Weapons To South

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the
Northern
Traditional Rulers Council (NTRC) rose from a
meeting in
Kaduna Wednesday alleging that ahead of next
year's
elections, the federal government has
masterminded the
mass redeployment of heavy weapons from the
Northern
part of the country to the south for the purpose of
rigging
the election.
Other issues which the regional elders outlined,
which
they said the federal government is planning to
use to
twist the polls, include the projection of ethnic
politics and manipulation of religion for political
gains.
The meeting, chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto,
Alhaji Sa'ad
Abubakar III, also dismissed the planned national
conference as unnecessary, pointing out that if it
must hold then President Goodluck Jonathan
must relinquish his position in order for the entire
process to be independent and truly reflect the
aspirations of Nigerians.
These, according to Solomon Dalung, one of the
elders of
the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), were some
of the
matters discussed at the Kaduna gathering of the
northern elders, which also attracted traditional
rulers, some governors and a representative of
the National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo
Dasuki (rtd). The governors and the NSA, it was
learnt, gate crashed into the meeting.
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