Ayodele Olalere
Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, visited Hausa community in Alaba-Rago, Lagos State and told them to vote for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying 2023 election is the time for the north to pay Tinubu back for his past support to the North.
Shettima was accompanied by Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Kano State governor, Abdullah Ganduje, Lagos APC Chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, and all Arewa leaders in Lagos.
According to Shettima, Tinubu made President Muhamadu Buhari President in 2015 by giving him Bloc votes from the South West , a feat he repeated in 2019.
He further said Tinubu provided the platform for Atiku to contest presidential election when Atiku was chased out of PDP, same thing he did for Nuhu Ribadu.
“We are people of honour, we should honour our pledge and promise. This is payback time for the north to support Tinubu,” Shettima said.
Kano State governor, Abdullah Ganduje said as far as the north is concerned, ‘ the issue of Tinubu is concluded.’
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“Kano State wants votes from you for Tinubu. You have to promise us you will surpass Kano in your votes for Tinubu.'”
Ganduje said Tinubu appointed non Yoruba Indigenes into government when he was governor, describing him as ‘ a real nationalist.’
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State urged the Hausa community ‘not to be deceived’ and should vote for APC in the presidential and governorship elections.