We don't know Atiku to endorse him – NEF

With the presidential election less than 7 days away, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF has denied rife reports that it endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

According to a member of the forum, Alhaji Seidu Baba, the former vice president is not their consensus candidate because his party has not been fair to Northerners to deserve their endorsement.

He made this known in Abuja on Saturday, February 18.

He said, although, Atiku has been scheming to be endorsed as the sole candidate of the North, NEF has not endorsed him.

Baba said: “There was an attempt to cajole and even force the NEF to adopt him (Atiku), shows how desperate he is.

“Many people believe, though the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-rufai, was condemning Northern elders, it is believed, his real target was Atiku Abubakar.

“There is no way Atiku can be a Northern candidate, because he does not know them and we do not know him.

“It is believes Atiku got wind of his rejection the reason he failed to show up at the NEF Assembly and could not send any representative.

“Atiku has not been seen as somebody who is closed to the North, because he has not been fair to us.”

NBA