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  • Arewa community endorses APC

    The Arewa Community in Lagos State has thrown their weight behind the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

    Its Chairman, Alhaji Muhammadu Yabo, said members of the community will vote for Sanwo-Olu on Saturday.

    At a briefing in Ogba, Yabo said the Arewa Community has been supporting the ruling party in Lagos since the days of Alliance for Democracy (AD).

    “After the merger took place in 2013, we stick with the APC. Our consistency has shown that we are with the progressives and nothing is going to change our ideology.

    “We shall deliver block vote to the APC. As we did in the presidential election, we will replicate same on Saturday to indicate that we are not social media electorate, but real voters,” Yabo said.

    He called on other residents of the state to come out on Saturday to exercise their franchise and decide their leader for the next four years.

    “The Arewa people are psychologically ready and are enthusiastic to support Sanwo-Olu. We assure APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that noting will stop us from going out to exercise our constitutional right as enshrined in the constitution. The Arewa Community hereby re-endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all APC state assembly candidates,” he said.

  • Arewa community endorses Buhari, Sanwo-Olu

    Arewa community in Lagos State has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari and the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as their candidates for general elections.

    They promised to work for the victory of President Buhari, Sanwo-Olu and other APC candidates, who are contesting in the February 16 and March 2 elections.

    Speaking at the Arewa Festival held at Agege Stadium in Lagos, the Arewa Lagos APC chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Dandamma, said they are supporting Buhari and Sanwo-Olu because they believe in them. They urged members of Arewa Community to vote massively for APC.

    The Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to Kano State governor, Dr. Umar Ganduje on Lagos Affairs,  Anthony Oneye, said the community is united and will always speak with one voice.

    His words: “For the first time beyond politics, we want to unite all the groups under Arewa together and that was why we organised the festival. The Arewa want to unite the different groups in all the councils in the state so that they can be one voice instead of doing things differently. We have now come together and henceforth, we will start doing things together.”

    The Director of Ethnics Wings of Babajide Sanwo-Olu Independent Campaign Group, Wale Ogunlana,  commended the Arewa Community for throwing their support behind Buhari and Sanwo-Olu.

    He said: “Arewa themselves are saying Buhari as far as they are concerned has perform and they will be throwing their support behind him for 2019 elections,” he said.

    A member of the group, Ibrahim Balarabe Musa, urged governors to follow the Lagos State example of tolerance and cordial relationship  various ethic groups.

    He said: “If other governors can as well use Lagos example, the crisis of herdsmen and insurgency will come to an end. Because in Lagos, Hausa man is here to make money and most of the money they make here they are repatriating it to their own community to build the community.

    “So, as far as they are concerned, they are not interested in fighting. They are just here to trade and also marry. For some of our members, Lagos has become our first home; they don’t even remember their hometown again. So, if some states can follow Lagos example, there won’t be crisis anywhere.”

  • Arewa Community in Lagos to hold mega rally for Sanwo-Olu

    THE Arewa Community in Lagos State has promised to hold a mega rally for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the coming 2019 governorship election in Lagos State.

    The group stated that the action was part of the efforts to ensure victory for Sanwo-Olu as next governor of Lagos State.

    The declaration was made by the leader of the Arewa Community Support Group for Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu (BOS), Alhaji Muhammed Alhassan who, with some members of the group, presented a communique containing other relevant support plans to the candidate in his Lagos office yesterday.

    Alhassan said Sanwo-Olu had won the hearts and minds of the Arewa Community in Lagos State by his initial gesture of paying a visit to the Arewa Council of Chiefs.

    He also noted that the candidate had shown a commendable sense of responsibility and appreciation, which had endeared him to their chiefs and the entire Arewa Community in Lagos State.

    “You have demonstrated an exceptional sense of responsibility and appreciation with your initial visit to our Council of Chiefs in this state, who are our respectable leaders with tremendous influence on our conduct and well-being in Lagos State.

    “From that very kind gesture and other positive things we have heard about you, we have come here to say thank you, to present a communique with support activities and officially declare that the Arewa Community in this state will be giving you all the support to win the coming election and be declared the next governor of Lagos, In Shaa Allah.

    “It will also interest you to know that we are holding a mega rally for you in Tafawa Balewa Square in January 2019, where we will attract more voters for you and sensitise over one million people from the Arewa Community with Permanent Voter Cards  (PVCs) to campaign vigorously for your victory”, he said.

    Sanwo-Olu, while appreciating the group, said the Arewa Community in Lagos State was an important component in the socio-economic development of the state.

    He added that he would, if elected, address all the yearnings of the community and ensure that all the various leaders of the group are part of the deliberations regarding education support for and improvement of their children who are living in Lagos State.

    “We thank you so much. Lagos is a home for you all. We appreciate your contributions to the socio-economic growth of this state. We’ve heard your concerns and demands. We promise that we will address all the issues, including educational support for your children here in Lagos when we are elected. Let me say it again that ours is going to be a government of inclusiveness where we are going to work together to achieve greater results”, he said.

  • Arewa community backs APC, Sanwo-Olu

    Arewa Community in Lagos State has expressed it’s support for the All Progressive Congress (APC) in next year’s elections.

    It leader, Alhaji Dandama Yabo, disclosed this during a media chat at his office in Ketu, Lagos suburb.

    He said the community has been supporting APC leaders, including  Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Babatunde Raji Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode.

    He noted that the group has embraced the APC governorship candidate, babajide Sanwo-Olu.

    Yabo said: “We do not have any other party apart from the APC. We did massive campaigns and rallies in different places during the time of Asiwaju and we did it for free. When  Fashola came, we did the same and we ensured that he was voted as governor. Also, when Ambode came, the whole Arewa community gathered together and we gave our full support.

    “Now that it is Sanwo-Olu, we will not relent. We will do as we have always done and our support is guaranteed.”

    Yabo said he has already begun consultations with various Arewa groups in Lagos State to ensure massive support for Sanwo-Olu.

    He added: “We Arewa of Lagos state will support APC. APC is taking governorship and presidency in 2019.

     

  • Nothing must happen to Buhari, Arewa Community warns

    Nothing must happen to Buhari, Arewa Community warns

    The Arewa Community United Foundation has warned those threatening national violence against the state that nothing unwholesome must happen to President Muhammadu Buhari in the discharge of his duties as the President of the country.

    It said although it is normal for the opposition party in the country to demand for unrealizable targets and express their opinions; the President should not be impeded from performing his duties and functions.

    The State Secretary, Alhaji Musa Saleh, made this known in Lagos, Friday at the yearly national prayer and 50th year remembrance of the Late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, killed in the first military coup d’état witnessed in the country on January 15,1966.

    Saleh said although they were gathered to pray and remember the legacies left behind by their leaders before they were cut-off, “we have to say now that we don’t want such event to happen to our leaders anymore. Today we have President Muhammadu Buhari on seat, for those who are threatening national violence against the state, we warn them that nothing must happen to Buhari, he’s there, he has been elected by popular majority vote and he’s carrying out the administration of this country in the way to rebuild the country for greater posterity. So we are warning that nothing should happen to him but we all should support him to achieve the desired goal for the country.”

    He said for Nigeria to develop, national unity should be encouraged and segregation discouraged, noting it as the fastest path to greatness.

    The South West leader of the Arewa Community, Architect Ahmed Kabiru Abdullahi, said the death of the late Sardauna was not only the worst thing to happen to Northern Nigeria but also the worst thing to happen to the country as a whole.

    Abdullahi said late Sir Ahmadu Bello’s demise with others, marked the beginning of problems of under-development of the country and he believes that the administration of President Buhari is toeing the same line of development started by the late Sardauna, and Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, by holding unto Nigeria as one without letting go of his constituency, the Northern region.

    On how successive Northern leaders have not been able to emulate the success of the late Ahmadu Bello in developing the North, he said “Every leader has tried, but it is possible at a time not to have people who can build up on your legacy as those who came after late Ahmadu Bello, yet they made their own impacts, but they have not been able to match up to the big shoes and it is our hope that President Buhari should be able to match up. It is our hope and we are confident that Buhari will match up.”

    Speaking on the agitation for break-up of Nigeria by the East, he asked “did they put it together, can you break what you did not put together, that’s injustice. They are working against themselves. They should change and let Nigeria be because I know Nigeria will be with or without them. Nigeria has come to stay. The Giant of Africa has come to stay.”

  • Buhari meets Arewa community, others tomorrow

    THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen Muhammadu Buhari, his running mate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and leaders of the party are due in Lagos tomorrow.

    They are to meet with the various interest groups, including the Arewa community, market women, artisans and other  stakeholders.

    Speaking on the visit last night, the Lagos State Coordinator of the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Organisation, James Abiodun Faleke, described the meetings as part of nationwide consultations with the party’s candidates.

    Faleke, who is a member of the House of Representatives, added that  all the APC candidates in Lagos will attend the meetings.

    According to him, Gen Buhari will hold a Town Hall meeting with artisans at the  Blue Roof, Lagos Television (LTV 8) by 10am and meet with the women group at Harbour Point, Victoria Island, by 1pm.

    Faleke said the APC candidates will meet with members of the Arewa Community at the Agege Township Stadium by 5pm.

     

  • Arewa community endorses APC

    Arewa community endorses APC

    The Chairman of the Arewa Community, Lagos State, Mallam Kabiru Abdullahi, has said the group will support the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next general election.

    Addressing members of the Arewa community, during a visit of the APC senatorial candidate of the Lagos West, Hon. Solomon Adeola, he said the party has done much for the Hausa community.

    He said: “It is important I let you understand that the APC is our official party in Lagos State. We will vote massively for the party because we have been well protected and taken care of by the government. There is no complaint made which government refused to address.

    ‘’We will vote General Mumammadu Buhari as President, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode as governor and Hon. Soloman Adeola as Senator. These candidates have excelled in their previous assignments. They have done so well, they will get the Hausa community mandate across Lagos State,’’ he said.

    Also speaking, Hon. Adeola said the APC will clear the rot in the land and make the country safe for everybody. He noted that the Arewa in Nigeria are peace loving people but unfortunately the rudderless leadership in the country has made their homestead in the northern part of the country a theatre of war.

    He said: ‘’It is only Buhari that can address the insecurity; the records are there to prove what I am saying. I urge you all to obtain your Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) to enable you vote. It does not end there; you should stand there to ensure that your votes are not stolen when they are being counted.

    ‘’The aged can leave after voting while the youths should stay behind to secure their mandates. On our part, we will keep a tab on all the process. We will not allow them to cheat because we will be there to until the ballots are counted and announced.

    He added that the APC will continue to do its good work in the state, stressing that the pace of development could only continue if the party is voted in the coming election.

    He said: ‘’You see, Buhari alone cannot carry out the revolutionary transformation of the country, he need a National Assembly that will support his efforts. That is why you must vote the APC candidates who are aspiring to be at the House. If the PDP who will form the opposition in the coming years are in the majority in the House, they will try to frustrate him but I know we will triumph and return this country to the part of progress again.

    Adeola maintained that he will continue to identify with the Arewa community, adding they play a vital role when he was elected to the House of Representatives. ‘’I you give the APC your mandate again, we will treasure it and will not disappoint you.’’