{"id":149289,"date":"2025-02-09T12:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T11:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election"},"modified":"2025-02-15T22:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T21:36:06","slug":"katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election","title":{"rendered":"Katsina elders disown comments on Tinubu\u2019s re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Members of the Katsina Elders\u2019 Forum have distanced themselves from a statement made by the group\u2019s secretary, Mohammed Aliyu, in which he suggested that the people of Katsina would not support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Justice Sadiq Abdullahi-Mahuta, a key member of the forum and the Galadima Katsina, firmly rejected Mr Aliyu\u2019s remarks, stating that they did not represent the forum\u2019s official stance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not an elder\u2019s language. It is not our position,\u201d Mr Abdullahi-Mahuta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe completely dissociate the Katsina Elders\u2019 Forum from this statement. Our forum is not for politics. We are a group of respected elders concerned about the development and progress of the state and Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controversy arose following the arrest of Prof. Usman Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Aliyu had linked Prof. Yusuf\u2019s detention to political persecution, warning that it could affect Katsina\u2019s support for President Tinubu in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr Abdullahi-Mahuta clarified that while the forum was not against calls for a fair trial or Prof. Yusuf\u2019s release, it would not align itself with political threats or sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrest and detention of Prof. Yusuf is not the solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should either be released or face a fair trial in court. That is our position, but we are not part of any statement suggesting that the people of Katsina will not vote for the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The district head of Malumfashi further stressed that political choices remained a personal decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery individual has the right to support and vote for any candidate they believe will meet their needs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Abdullahi-Mahuta concluded that the purpose of the briefing was to set the record straight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to Almighty Allah, Prof. Yusuf has been released, but we must be clear, our forum does not engage in partisan politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Members of the Katsina Elders\u2019 Forum have distanced themselves from a statement made by the group\u2019s secretary, Mohammed Aliyu, in which he suggested that the people of Katsina would not support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Justice Sadiq Abdullahi-Mahuta, a key member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":149288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[225,15655,254,945],"class_list":["post-149289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-katsina","tag-katsina-elder","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Katsina elders disown comments on Tinubu\u2019s re-election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Members of the Katsina Elders\u2019 Forum have distanced themselves from a statement made by the group\u2019s secretary, Mohammed ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Katsina elders disown comments on Tinubu\u2019s re-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Members of the Katsina Elders\u2019 Forum have distanced themselves from a statement made by the group\u2019s secretary, Mohammed ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-09T11:28:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T21:36:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739091572.34159.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"754\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"417\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Katsina elders disown comments on Tinubu\u2019s re-election\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-09T11:28:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T21:36:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election\"},\"wordCount\":348,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739091572.34159.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Katsina\",\"Katsina Elder\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/katsina-elders-disown-comments-on-tinubus-re-election\",\"name\":\"Katsina elders disown comments on Tinubu\u2019s re-election - 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