Prof Usman Yusuf’s arrest politically motivated, says northern elders

• Calls for immediate release

From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja

The Northern Elders Forum has strongly condemned the arrest of Professor Usman Yusuf on Wednesday, January 29, by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

In a statement released by the spokesman of the group, Prof. Abubakar Jika Jiddere, the arrest was alleged as a means to suppress and oppress popular…