•Declares one month sufficient to change the safety narrative in north
Chuks Okocha in Abuja
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has stated he would vote for President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 basic election if the president restores peace to the north.
Bafarawa, who spoke with FRI, an internet Hausa medium, stated his solely situation for voting Tinubu was for him to guarantee peace and restore normalcy to Sokoto State and different elements of the north.
“My only condition for allowing my vote to go to President Tinubu is for him to ensure peace and allow full normalcy to return to my area and other northern parts,” he stated.
He stated time was now not on Tinubu’s aspect, including that the president has the sources and safety equipment wanted to deal with insecurity within the area.
“As a leader, who has power, money and security, three months or even one month is enough for him to change the insecurity narrative in the northern region,” he stated.
Bafarawa stated he was not excited about marketing campaign cash however needed the president to restore peace in order that residents might return to their regular actions.
He said, “Look, as far as I am concerned, I don’t want anything in the name of campaign money. What I want is for President Tinubu to do everything he can to ensure peace and allow markets, schools, farming and other livelihood activities to return to our communities. I assure him that I will vote for him.”
The former governor additionally said that he had met Tinubu solely as soon as since he turned president, including that the encounter befell at a mosque.
He alleged that an individual whom Tinubu had requested to deliver him to the presidency later refused to accomplish that and blocked his cellphone numbers.
Bafarawa, who stated he was not a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), insisted that he would vote for anybody, together with Tinubu, who restored peace to the north.
He said, “But it is unacceptable that today, our children cannot go to school. Doesn’t anybody who denies you education deny you life? Villagers cannot go to farms, and so many towns have been completely sacked. That is why, at this juncture, if Tinubu ensures peace, he is simply my candidate.”
Commenting on the appointment of former Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari as Director-General of Tinubu’s marketing campaign, regardless of persistent bandit assaults in his residence state, Bafarawa defended the choice.
He stated Yari as an APC member was anticipated to respect his social gathering’s choice, including that the president who appointed him is somebody he couldn’t simply flip down.
“So I don’t see anything wrong with Abdulaziz Yari accepting to be DG of the campaign for President Tinubu because he is doing a job he has been appointed to do. And don’t forget, it would be disrespectful for him to say no,” he stated.
Bafarawa added that Yari had consulted a number of folks for recommendation earlier than accepting the appointment and returned to search additional recommendation afterwards, saying this demonstrated Yari’s integrity.
