Matawalle lashes NEF over Tinubu comment, says group a political burden to northerners

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has lambasted apex northern socio-political group, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), following their statement that they regretted voting for President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election .

The former Zamfara State governor who took a swipe at the group of elders in a statement on Saturday, said the Forum was living in delusion and had refused to accept reality while constituting a burden to northerners in the process.

The Forum had, in a statement last week, said it was considering withdrawing their support for Tinubu in 2027 due to the escalating insecurity in the north and other challenges facing the country.