Arewa, others disagree on polls violence tribunal

Guardian

11 May 2011

Arewa, others disagree on polls violence tribunal

CONTROVERSY seems to be trailing the panel constituted by President Goodluck Jonathan to probe the post election violence in some parts of the North.

Reason: While the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said that the panel had the legal right to invite the Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, a chieftain of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and a former Solicitor-General of Kaduna State, Malam Aliyu Umar faulted the body, saying that it was unconstitutional.

The ACF National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Anthony Sani who spoke with The Guardian yesterday, said that the Federal Government should appreciate the fact that the post election violence was as a result of several factors which later culminated in the destruction of lives and property.

Sani argued that the 13-man Panel constituted by the President had a lot of responsibilities to carry out because, “some of us believe that apart from the criminal aspect of the violence, the crises had religious, ethnic, political and economic colouration, which demanded that all issues most be given holistic view in finding solution to the problems”.