by Isi Esene

Solomon Dalung, a member of the Northern Elders Forum has accused Vice President, Namadi Sambo of undermining the unity and progress of the North.

How? You may ask.

Dalung, who was speaking today on the Hausa service of the Voice of America  accused Sambo of exhibiting a lukewarm attitude towards pressing issues that affect the northern part of the country where he hails from.

He said, “What we want from someone holding his office is to champion unity and togetherness of the North. And to be sincere, Sambo has not helped the North in anyway, he has not even shown he is from the North, he only sits in Abuja and shuttles Europe.”

Dalung who was speaking on behalf of the Northern Elders Forum said Vice President Sambo has no political significance in the north.

He added that it would not be rosy for the PDP come 2015 insisting that Sambo needs to show solidarity with the North.

Dalung said, “But, the fact is, the PDP will not get it in 2015 the way they used to get it. Sambo is a northerner, he is a leader in the North; but he has no significance like it used to be in our region. He has not shown any sympathy to the North.

“He has never shown solidarity to even areas of conflicts in the North. Has he ever taken relief materials to victims of attacks? He has never; it is as though he had turned his back on our people. It is their internal PDP power struggle and we have no business with them. Whether they will change him or retain him, it is not our problem,” Dalung said.