By Jide Orintunsin, Abuja, AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna, Linus Oota, Lafia
• APC urges northerners to disregard elders playing ethnic politics
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and the immediate past governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, have urged residents of the state to vote massively for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Governor Abdullahi Sule.
The duo spoke yesterday in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State when Governor Sule kick-started his re-election campaign ahead of the 2023 general election.
Adamu said the people of Toto had always voted for APC, adding that 2023 would not be different.
He said the party presented a man of excellence with records of performance as its presidential candidate, stressing that Nigerians have decided to vote him as their next president and Nasarawa people should not be left out.
Al-Makura said re-electing Governor Sule would sustain the good work he has started, which has touched all the sectors of the state’s economy.
Governor Sule urged the people of Toto to vote for him, promising to do more projects for them.
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The traditional ruler of the area, the Ohimege Opanda Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, who turbaned the governor as Sarki Yaki Opanda, hailed him for restoring security to the state.
Also, the Presidential Campaign Council of the APC in the Northwest has urged northerners to shun elders playing ethnic politics against Asiwaju Tinubu.
The campaign council said the elders were hiding behind a bogus Northern agenda to promote their individuals and self-serving interests.
In a statement by its Northwest Spokesman Muhammad Shehu Molash while reacting to a viral audio recording of a Northern Elder advising northern voters not to vote for Southern candidates, Molash said Asiwaju Tinubu is one of the ardent believers in the unity of Nigeria.
The spokesman said this has reflected in his constant support for presidential candidates from the North, beginning with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2007, Nuhu Ribadu in 2011 and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
“Our attention has been drawn to a widely circulated voice note of a supposedly Northern elder, Alhaji Sani Zangon Daura, calling on Northerners to reject Presidential candidates of Southern Nigeria’s extraction.
“The Northwest APC Presidential Campaign Council is, therefore, calling on Northerners to disregard the antics of these elders who hide behind a bogus Northern agenda to promote their individual and self-serving interests.
“An overview of the life and history of these elders reveals that they benefited proportionally from the resources and unity of Nigeria; as such, they should please allow other Nigerians to unite themselves by voting in trusted, competent and reliable leaders, regardless of their state of origin in the 2023 general elections God’s willing,” he said.