The Arewa Initiative for the Defence and Promotion of Democracy (AIDPD) has criticised the position of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on the suspension of ex-Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), Senator Abdul Ningi, over the budget padding controversy. A press statement on Monday by the spokesperson, Tasiu Haruna, advised the ACF not to align with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but remain “an umbrella association of all northerners.” The ACF had condemned the senate’s suspension of Senator Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central) over his allegation on the BBC Hausa Service that the 2024…