ACF crisis deepens as chairman petitions Gov Sani, DSS, police

The disagreement wrong the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has deepened pursuing a petition by the Forum’s Chairman, Maman Mike Osuman, SAN, implicit the reported break-in astatine the organisation's nationalist secretariat successful Kaduna.

In a petition dated October 9, 2026, addressed to Governor Uba Sani and copied to the Inspector-General of Police, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and the Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, successful the state, Osuman raised concerns astir developments astatine the organisation’s office astatine No. 11A Sokoto Road, Kaduna.

Osuman claimed that immoderate individuals entered the offices, changed locks and removed immoderate items without the consent of the forum’s leadership.

He besides claimed that the enactment was carried retired without a hunt warrant.

Osuman, successful the petition, described the improvement arsenic a substance affecting the organization integrity of the forum and called connected Governor Uba Sani to intervene to forestall further escalation.

“An enactment of this quality not lone affects the sanctity of our firm office but is besides a nonstop affront to the dignity of the full Northern Region," the petition said.

The president said the nationalist secretariat represented the corporate practice of Northern Nigeria, adding that its extortion was important to preserving the dignity and integrity of the organ...