Buhari shuns ACF, UF, elite

Do or die politics?  Harassment of opposition candidates?

Tribune

6 March 2011

Buhari shuns ACF, UF, elite

•Loses grip of North
•CPC gubernatorial candidate arrested

Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu  Buhari appears to be losing grip of the political elite of the North West, most of whom are said to be confused as to what the man stands for.

Investigations by  Sunday Tribune confirmed at the weekend that there is a lot of ambiguity surrounding the candidature of Buhari among leaders of the North West.

Sources revealed that recent meetings among some political leaders of the zone, especially those in the vanguard of the actualisation of zoning in April, indicated a lack of clarity as to what Buhari stands for in the run-up to the next general election.

Sources confirmed that the leaders of the zone are wary of the usual character sketch of Buhari, which has been flaunted over the years, adding that the zone expects the CPC candidate to directly communicate with the leaders and that Buhari has not been forthcoming.

So far, leaders of the Arewa Consultative Forum(ACF), the Unity Forum(UF) and the youth groups, who wanted to sound Buhari out on his plans for the general election have been shunned by the General.