Kaduna senator flays Elders Forum for recall threats

Says he’s too busy for frivolities
Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Lawal Adamu Usman, has dismissed a threat by a group, Kaduna Elders Forum (KEF), to recall him from the National Assembly for alleged non-performance.

He told the elders that he was not disturbed by their demand, just as he declared: “I am only interested in pursuing my legislative activities before me in the National Assembly”.

Usman, popularly called Senator LA by his supporters in his constituency, further criticised KEF for threatening him with another recall threat a few months after it first did so under the alleged veil of a different group.

The lawmaker in a statement, yesterday, titled, “Kaduna Elders’ Forum’s Infantile Outbursts: Empty Barrel Making Most Noise,” dismissed the call by the KEF as the ranting of a group of “meddlesome interlopers” that should not be taken seriously.

He also stressed that as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary) and Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Financial Matters, both of which are of crucial national importance.

, he had no time for any disputatious argument with frivolous individuals working to achieve the selfish interests of some unserious politicians hiding behind a finger to fight political battles with him.

He said: “This was not the first time the group and its sponsors would be exhibiting such childish tantrums on issues they should have sought to be informed and educated about, rather than embarking on their ignominious mission of deliberately misinforming the public and telling blatant lies about his unprecedented achievements in the past 18 months, which he said were real and concrete enough for everyone to see and assess.”

He then wondered what became of the group’s earlier recall threat with a 14-day ultimatum made to him last year allegedly under the cover of the Kaduna Peace and Tranquility Forum (KPTF), saying the rehash of the same threat by the same set of individuals under a new name (KEF) was laughable and curious.

Usman, therefore, urged the people of Kaduna Central Senatorial District not to allow themselves to be deceived by the lies being peddled against him by the “so-called Kaduna elders”, as they “lacked the morality to continue to pretend to love the ordinary people of the constituency, whereas they had been engaged in their nefarious activities in the interest of their sponsors and paymasters.”