President Buhari, who attended a Kano State All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders’ meeting in continuation of his visit to the State said: “I understood the clamour by the ordinary people on the streets who raised four fingers on each arm, meaning, four-plus-four.”
Buhari, whose candidature for the 2019 election was endorsed by the stakeholders, including governors, ministers, lawmakers at federal and state levels, beamed with smiled to the promise by the stakeholders to buy a nomination form for him and went on to underscore the need for unity in the party and among the diverse peoples of Nigeria.
He emphasised the need to sanitize party politics by ridding it of vote buying and violence.
“What I saw in the elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Rivers, the use of money and those headless bodies really upset me. I don’t wish to see that anywhere. I would not have won if money and killing was the modus of operation. That is my view of politics.”
Those who were at the stakeholders meeting were Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his deputy, Professor Hafizu Abubakar, the state Chairman and the members of the state executive committee and members of the national executive committee of the party from Kano State.
Also in attendance were two of the state’s senators; members of the House of Representatives from the state; the Speaker and 34 of the 40 members of the Kano State House of Assembly and the 44 party Chairmen, their deputies and the Local Government Area secretaries of the APC.
Others are Governor Muhammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa and other leaders of the party in the state.
The State Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Inuwa Abbas said that the party had chosen Buhari as its sole Presidential candidate in the 2019 election because of his achievements in the last two years. especially in the fields of security, the war against corruption and the restructuring of the economy.
“Security is important for everyone, not just for Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
“It even more so for us as a commercial and industrial state. We are convinced that you are best for these times when the country has begun to muster energy and resources to develop agriculture, infrastructure and empower the younger citizens.”
Speaking on a humorous note, Governor Ganduje said the party is prepared to drag the President to court to force his acceptance of the second term ticket.[myad]
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