The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has suspended its National Chairman, Mamman Mike Osuman, following his unauthorised comments regarding the upcoming 2027 elections.
The suspension was communicated in a statement released on Thursday by Bashir Muhammad Dalhatu, Chairman of the ACF Board of Trustees (BoT), and National Secretary, Murtala Aliyu.
Osuman had been quoted asserting that the Northern region would support a Northern candidate for the presidency in the 2027 elections, a statement that sparked controversy and necessitated immediate action from the forum.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to widely reported statements credited to Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman, SAN, OFR, Chairman, ACF National Executive Committee (NEC), which were made during the meeting of the NEC, held on Wednesday, November, 2024, at ACF Headquarters, Kaduna.
“The statements were made by the NEC Chairman without consulting or discussing with other leaders and members of the ACF and thus, reflected Mr. Osuman’s personal opinion only.
“ACF rejects Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman’s statements in their entirety. For this reason, the leadership of the ACF’s Board of Trustees (BOT) and that of its NEC has decided to place Mr. Mamman Mike Osuman on suspension with immediate effect.
The statement declared, “A Committee has been constituted for further investigations.”
