The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday said that 98 percent of the votes in Yobe State in the upcoming presidential election will be sent to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim. Shettima.
Mr. Lawan described Yobe State as the pride of the APC and vowed that the left would be unturned to ensure victory at the polls at all levels.
The Senate President made the comments in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, during the inauguration of the Yobe State APC 2023 Campaign Council, held at the Yobe Government House.
The Council, chaired by former State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, has Mr. Lawan as its alternate chairman and another former Governor, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, as its grand patron.
Speaking at the event, the Senate President said, “As the chairman of the council said, we will be very committed to ensure that this party, APC in Yobe State, delivers all the seats by the grace of God.
“We will work tirelessly, we will ensure that no stone is left unturned, we will do whatever it takes because APC in Yobe State is the pride of APC in Nigeria, and we cannot let it go. APC families in Nigeria down.
“Actually, we believe that we should dominate the Presidential polls when it comes to performance. We should be able to have the highest percentage, as before, no less than 98 percent voting for our Presidential Candidate.
“And we can do that with no mercy towards our party rather than regional thinking or sentiment.
“In Yobe State, you know we have one family, and our governor, by the grace of God, should have the most votes for any Governor in Nigeria.
“This will be done by ensuring that our zones, the three zones in the state, compete. So I want to assure you that we will do everything we can according to the law to ensure that the governor returns to office with flying colours.
“Members of the National Assembly and our State Assembly must wait for the inauguration, God willing.
“Above all, we must be a shining example for everyone in this zone, I mean the North East zone. We have a Vice Presidential Candidate in our neighboring State, our sister State, Borno. Let’s defeat Borno State in the Presidential election.
“Borno and Yobe are the same people. They have given us all the support they could before, and one good thing will lead to another. It is for us to do the same for them.
“Finally, I want to thank those who decided to bring us as members of the campaign council for the trust they have given us. I want to say specifically that I am committed to ensuring that we deliver the party in Yobe with the grace of God.
“As for the unity of the party, there is no doubt that we have a united party … We are brothers here. We will continue to be one.”
In his acceptance speech, the chairman of the campaign council, Mr. Gaidam, said that Yobe State, from its creation, is always in line with progressives.
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“I can say without fear of contradiction that the great transformation that the country has recorded over the years has been on this (progressive) platform.
“To support all the gains we have made, we have a duty to ensure that the APC wins all the seats that can be contested so that we form a government in the state and at the federal level. I assure the council that we have maintained the winning tempo, God willing,” he said.
SOURCE: Office of the Special Adviser (Media) to the President of the Senate
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