2023 Election: Why Northern APC Governors Supported Tinubu, Masari Opens Up
- Northern governors declared massive support for Bola Tinubu and voted for him during the presidential election
- Katsina state governor disclosed that he and other northern governors supported the APC candidate as a way of respecting the zoning formula of the ruling party
- Governor Aminu Masari further said God was on the party's side as it saved APC from shame, and Tinubu's victory in the poll says it all
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina state has revealed why he and other northern governors supported the presidential ambition of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to Masari, the northern governors elected on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) platform supported Tinubu in order to respect the party's zoning formula.
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Why northern govs supported Tinubu during the poll, Masari speaks
The governor made the revelation on Thursday, May 11, in Daura during a farewell visit to the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruq-Umar, The Nation reported.
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Masari further noted that the lack of respect for the zoning arrangement by some of the opposition parties had brought them into the current crises rocking them, The Guardian added.
Northern governor predicts outcome of presidential election petition tribunal
In another development, the governor of Sokoto state and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, has predicted the outcome of the presidential election petition tribunal.
Tambuwal said he was confident that the tribunal would restore the mandate of PDP presidential candidate and former vice president Atiku Abubakar, as president of Nigeria.
Tambuwal spoke at a reception and send-forth organised by the forum for its incoming governors and outgoing state chief executives, respectively.
Only God can stop Tinubu's inauguration - Keyamo
Legit.ng reported earlier that the minister of state for labour and employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), said no one could stop the handover ceremony of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, May 29.
Keyamo noted that only God could stop the inauguration.
The chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) made this disclosure in a statement made available on Tuesday, April 25.
Source: Legit.ng
