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Femi Adesina attacks Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for saying President Buhari has failed the North

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Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari,Femi Adesina, has blasted the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for expressing displeasure over the high rate of insecurity in Northern Nigeria.

The group in a statement signed by its coordinator, Ango Abdullahi, said that the constant attacks by bandits and Boko Haram insurgents are indications that the Buhari administration “has failed woefully” in keeping citizens safe.

Adesina who reacted to the statement said Mr Abdullahi was only speaking for himself, describing him as ”a mere irritant and featherweight.”

The Presidential spokesperson further likened Abdullahi to a General without troops and leader of a quasi-organization that boasts of no credible membership.

He wrote;

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) in a statement Sunday signed by its so-called Convener, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, alleged that the insecurity in some northern states of the country was an indication that President Muhammadu Buhari and the governors of those states have lost control over the protection of the people which is a constitutional duty.
We are not surprised by this latest statement by Prof. Abdullahi, and our past position on what his group represents remains unchanged: a mere irritant and featherweight.

The former vice chancellor signed the statement under the banner of Northern Elders Forum (NEF). Hearing that title, you would think the body was a conglomeration of true elders. But the truth is that NEF is just Ango Abdullahi, and Ango Abdullahi is NEF. It is a quasi-organization that boasts of no credible membership, and its leader is akin to a General without troops.

Before the 2019 presidential election, the one-man army called NEF had shown its antipathy against President Buhari, and its preference for another candidate. They all got beaten together.

NEF is merely waving a flag that is at half-mast. President Buhari steadily and steadfastly focuses on the task of retooling Nigeria, and discerning Nigerians know the true state of the nation. They don’t need a paper tiger to tell them anything.

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