By; MOHAMMED KAWU, Bauchi
Ahead of the March governorship polls, it has been observed that only enemies of Bauchi State would cast votes for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Ambassador Baba Sadique Abubakar.
Making the observation, the PDP Campaign Director-General of Governor Bala Mohammed, Hon. Faruk Mustapha said that any eligible voter who voted his party from top to bottom would reap enough dividends of democracy.
Speaking on Wednesday at Giade, headquarters of the local government area in the state in continuation of the PDP gubernatorial campaigns, the Director-General expressed gratitude to the people in the area for voting the PDP in the 2029 polls, and warned electorate against voting APC and other political parties in the forthcoming general elections.
“We are here with our Governorship candidate, other candidates of our party, our basis of campaigns ranges from our presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar down to House of Assembly candidates”, Faruk said.
According to him, despite the PDP receiving low votes in Giade in the 2019 elections, Governor Bala Mohammed has not neglected the people of the area on that ground, but rather treated them equally with other local government areas in terms of dividends of democracy distribution.
Hon. Faruk stated, “We still appreciate what you did in 2019 because it was Bala Mohammed that won the governorship election as predestined by Allah, and he has treated each local government fairly without considering which one voted him most”.
“I can tell you that today, even the enemy of Bala Mohammed knew that he has worked in Giade Local Government Area without regards to the low votes he received here in 2019, and that is what is expected of a good leader”.
Faruk therefore assured the people of Giade that if they vote for PDP from top to bottom in the forthcoming general elections, they would surely reap enough dividends of democracy from Governor Bala and the emerging President, Atiku Abubakar.
He further told them, “Shine your eyes the people of Giade, don’t listen to those whose interest is their pockets, let us all kick against such people and vote for Governor Bala Mohammed who has performed creditably well”.
Faruk also stated, “Anyone that is against the re-election bid of Kauran Bauchi is your enemy, he is the enemy of Bauchi state”, he declared, stressing that Governor Bala’s performance within three years is far more than what some governors have done in eight years,
Director-General Mustapha noted that the APC governorship candidate who is believed to be from Giade is not an indigene of the Local Government Area, adding “Had it been so, he would have proven by periodic visits for condolences over the death of some traditional leaders in the area.
“I want to draw your attention to some issues, they have brought someone to claim that he is your son, but this is not true, it’s just a cover up, he is not your son, don’t listen to them”, the Campaign DG said.
“Is politics not all about friendship? Must someone wait until when it is election period before he starts to claim indigene ship? No, he should have been rejoicing with you during weddings and other joyous moments, this is how one should behave as a real indigene”, he said.
Hon. Mustapha was of the view that the entire years the APC governorship candidate spent in the Nigerian Air Force, he has not deemed it fit to build a house in Giade until last year which has not even been completed to date.
“We know how he got the plot, it was someone that assisted him with it because he wants to notice that he has assisted him, it is good that he gave him the plot of land, but has the construction of the house reach its completion? Has he ever passed a night at Giade? Even we that are not from Giade have been sleeping in Giade, I myself Faruk Mustapha, I’m more related to Giade people than him”, the DG said.
Faruk wondered that of all the years the APC governorship candidate spent in the Nigerian Air Force and the number one position he held there, he didn’t employ a single person from Giade into the Air Force.
