Following the formation of a parallel group Northern Elders Council (NEC), led by Alhaji Tanko Yakassai out of Northern Elders Forum, a member of the latter, Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, has accused the NEC of betraying the North and considered the formation as a ploy to frustrate the position of the region over 2015.
Speaking with Nigerian Tribune in Jos, the former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, Ambassador Kwande who said the major agenda of the NEF was to ensure that power returns to the North in 2015 said the formation of a parallel group with different agenda was meant to scuttle collective northern interest and spite prominent northern leaders.
The former ambassador who is now a stalwart of All Progressive Congress said the leader of NEC, Alhaji Yakassai betrayed the North, adding that that was not the first time he along with others will betray the North.
“To me it is a betrayal because we had been together in three things and at the end of each one, he betrayed the cause, so this is not a surprise.”