The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has stated that presidential candidates from the different political parties seeking votes from the north will be subjected to a rigorous process until they have shown that they can fix the nation.
NEF Spokesman Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed disclosed this while speaking on Channels TV's 'Politics Today' on Sunday.
He decried the "terrible mistake" made by northern elders in 2015 when they told the people to cede their bloc votes to President Muhammadu Buhari without asking for his blueprint.
“We will subject all candidates including Atiku, Tinubu, Obi through a rigorous process and they had better be willing because, believe me, we carry the responsibility on our shoulders to advise people in the north where to go. I am not saying this to impress anybody. We will exercise that responsibility seriously.
“What we promise not to do this time around was not to repeat what we did in 2015 and say ‘Vote for only Sai Baba” where we escort him to the villa but failed to sit him down and ask what he planned to do.
"It would no longer be about fixing the economy, security and the fight against Boko Haram. They must be specific.
“Buhari got away with it in 2015 and in 2019, we campaigned against him, saying this time he has failed and won’t be given another chance.
"Today, look at where the country is. We are not going to make that mistake again", Baba-Ahmed stated.
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