No Talks Yet With Obasanjo, IBB, Others — NCFront

by

Newly formed pan-Ni­geria political move­ment, the National Consultative Front (NCFront), said on Sunday that it had not enlisted the support of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, General Ibrahim Badamasi Baban­gida (rtd), and other former leaders in the coalition, Daily Independent report.
There were reports that the NCFront is already in talks with Obasanjo, who led a similar coalition in 2018, called Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), in a bid to oust President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presiden­tial election
However, speaking  on Sunday, Dr. Tanko Yunusa, Head, Pub­lic Affairs Bureau, NCFront national headquarters, said while the party was in talks with all Nigerians to join the political movement, it was yet to directly reach out to Obasanjo, IBB, and others for support.
He said: “We are in talks with all Nigerians but we have no discussion with Obasanjo, IBB or anybody yet. We are currently mobil­ising the grassroots where our strength lies.
“The people in the villages, in the nooks and crannies of Nigeria are our targets.

So also young Nigeri­ans who are fed up with the status quo, but we have not discussed anything with any former head of state at all for now.”
Speaking further, Yunusa said the coalition was aware and prepared for attacks in the days ahead by the presi­dency and others who would want to crush the movement.
“We are aware and we are undaunted but at the same time, we know that there will be attacks on us for mobilis­ing towards gaining power, but one thing is certain – sov­ereignty belongs to the people and our strength is in the peo­ple,” he said.

It would be recalled that Ghali Na’Abba, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is also a co-chairman of the NC­Front, had said consulta­tions were ongoing among some political elite toward setting up of a new political movement to rescue Nige­ria, which he described as a “failed state”.
He listed unemployment, insecurity, and economic hardship as some of the areas where the Muhammadu Bu­hari-led administration had failed, adding that Nigerians were now poorer and disillu­sioned with the state of affairs in the country.
“We have had to watch in dismay, shock and disappoint­ment our dear country slide into anarchy. The country is drifting, virtually no sector is working, the rulers seem ir­responsible and incompetent.
“Unemployment is at an unprecedented level, the loss of lives is at a dismal level with scores of Nigerians be­ing killed on a daily basis.
Our indebtedness has reached an alarming rate with the poor state of social infrastructures.
“The feeling is about dis­illusionment and the feeling among Nigerians is that the days are numbered,” he said.
Na’Abba was summoned by the Department of State Services (DSS) and was re­leased after five hours of grilling.
See also  Prince Inuwa Iyodo. Grief Over The Demise Of Former Minister, Late Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim SAN.

 

You may also like