Insecurity: North Central Zone Forms New Socio-political Group

The pan Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), may have suffered a further depletionof its leaders from the North-central geopolitical zone, as the zone on last Friday established the North-central Peoples Forum (NCPF), which they said will help fight against insecurity and marginalisation in the zone.

The group said in spite of the abundant mineral and human resources available in the zone, the North-central has become endangered species in the comity of zones in the country with kidnapping, banditry and other forms of criminality taking place in all states within the zone.

However, it was not immediately known how the emergence of the new Forum will affect the activities of the

ACF which presently has immediate past Minister of Agriculture and a prominent son of the North Central zone, Chief Audu Ogbeh as its chairman.

Some prominent leaders of the zone who came together to form the forum include, former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Jerry Useni, Former Minister of

State for Health, Gabriel Aduku who is the interim Chairman of the forum and former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ibrahim Mantu.

Others include former Military Administrator of Kwara State, Col. David Bamigboye (rtd), former Deputy Chief of staff to the President, Chief Olusola

Akomode; Publisher of Leadership Newspaper Sam Nda-Isaiah; former Nigeria Ambassador to South Africa who is also a former Deputy Governor of Niger State, Mr. Ahmed Musa Ibeto; a media consultant, Alhaji Tajudeen Kareem; former Deputy Governor of Benue State, Chief Stephen Lawani and Alhaji

Alfa Mohammed among others

Addressing the gathering, Useni who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Forum said the existence of similar groups in other parts of the country has given rise to group affinity and solidarity among the states in a particular geo-political zone to canvass things of common interest.