ACF elects new leadership, names Mamman Osuman chairman

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has named Mamman Osuman as its new chairman. 

Osuman replaces Gabriel Adiku as the chairman of the forum.

Adiku was sacked as the ACF leader by the board of trustees (BoT) and national working committee (NWC) of the forum at a joint meeting on Tuesday.

In a communique, the forum said “the meeting endorsed the leadership for ACF, which was approved and inaugurated as follows: Chairman BOT, Alhaji Bashir Mohammed Dalhatu, Deputy Chairman, BOT, Senator Fred Orti, Vice Chairman, BOT, Amb. Ibrahim Mai Sule, Chairman, NEC, Mamman Mike Osman and Secretary General, Alhaji Murtala Aliyu”.

According to the communique, Osuman, in his acceptance speech, paid tribute to the founding members of ACF and pledged to reinvigorate a new forum that will be different in outlook and impact.

“The meeting also received a goodwill message from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. George Akume who also urged the ACF to provide the needed leadership for ushering a new Northern Nigeria in its bid to overcome the multi-faceted social and economic problems, as well as for unity,” the communique reads.

Reacting to allegations that Yahaya Bello influenced the removal of Adiku, spokesperson of the ACF, said Adiku initially was selected and not elected.

“My apologies but no ACF Chairman was elected as such,” he said.

“A set of persons were selected and presented but were never inaugurated.

“Whosoever that was not inaugurated today simply did not make it in the final list as presented by the leadership selection committee.

“The list was reviewed by ACF’s Leadership Selection Committee; it is the final list that was now presented, approved by the joint assembly and inaugurated.”