By Mohammed Mohammed
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has refuted Prof. Ango Abdullahi’s press statement on the mounting security challenges facing the North-east and the country at large.
Adesina, while accusing the Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), describing it as a long-winding statement on many issues relating to the North, and purportedly to the country.
Adesina added: “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.”
The presidential Spokesperson, described NEF as a quasi-organization that boasts of no credible membership, adding, that its leader is akin to a General without troops.
Before the 2019 presidential election, the one-man army called NEF, according to him, had shown its antipathy against President Muhammadu 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.” He said.