Northern leaders, under the umbrella of Arewa Joint Committee (AJC), yesterday, clarified they have not endorsed any presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
Also, AJC, which comprises Arewa Consultative Forum , Jama’atu Matan Arewa, Arewa House, Northern Elders Forum and Arewa Research and Development Project , said blueprints and other commitments made by the candidates would soon be made available to Nigerians for direct assessment.
“We plan to extract and publish these commitments, so that Nigerians may measure and evaluate candidates against them. Our goal is to afford citizens an opportunity to match candidates against their commitments to matters that are central to the interests of the north.” He said: “We have watched keenly, and with concern, discreet moves by a particular presidential candidate to sponsor a contracted northern endorsement for himself.
He added: “We feel obligated to respond to this unwholesome destabilising move by a people who are so desperate as not to mind the consequences of further causing general disaffection by exploiting the nation’s regional, religious and tribal diversity.”
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