Former Minister of Communication, Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Kirfi, has led 33 political parties and 20 gubernatorial candidates in Bauchi State to support the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Bala Muhammad Abdulkadir, as part of renewed effort to unseat the incumbent Bauchi governor, Muhammed Abdullahi Abubakar, during this Saturday gubernatorial election.
This was the decision reached in Bauchi at a meeting at a hotel in the state capital, making it the third time political parties and stakeholders would be meeting with the aim of unseating Governor Abubakar.
Political parties in the coalition include: United Progressive Party UPP, Green Party of Nigeria, GPN, Change advocacy Party, CAP, All Peoples Movement, APM, All Blending Party, ABP, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, among others.
“The effort was part of the continuation of the struggle to defeat the Governor and to support one single candidate who has the courage and wherewithal to defeat Abubakar in the 2019 election, and we urge people of the state and the stakeholders to support Senator Bala Mohammed,” Kirfi said.
He stressed that the people of Bauchi have a lot of confidence, respect for President Muhammadu Buhari and that that was the reason they gave him their votes, not because they were happy with happenings in the state, particularly Governor Abubakar’s abysmal failure.
Reacting to the development, however, Abubakar Sufyanu Al-Sadiqque, the Press Secretary to Governor Muhammed Abubakar, said, “we are not afraid with the coalition threat”.
He maintained that nothing will stop Abubakar from winning the Saturday governorship election.
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