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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