Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, on Monday challenged all the appointees from the North in the current administration to come out openly and defend President Bola Tinubu.
Matawalle, a former governor of Zamfara State, specifically called on Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Special Adviser to the President on political matters in the office of the Vice President, and other leaders to take a position in support of the government.
Baba-Ahmed had said this after the minister described the NEF as a political paperweight which is a burden to the north. He wondered why appointees from the North kept mute"in the face of intimidation" after the forum attacked the President. "Dr. Baba-Ahmed's relationship and affinity with Northern Elders' Forum is well-known.
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