Ahead of the march governorship election, the director-general of PDP campaign council in Bauchi state, Farouk Mustapha, yesterday declared that only enemies of the state would cast their votes for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ambassador Sadique Baba Abubakar.
The DG stated this in Giade, the home town of the APC Governorship candidate at the ongoing campaign tour to local government areas of the state and cautioned electorates against voting the APC and other political parties than PDP.
“We are here with our Governorship candidate, other candidates of our party, our bases of campaign ranges from our Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar down to house of assembly candidates”, he said.
Mustapha said despite receiving low votes in Giade in 2019, Governor Bala has not neglected the people of the area on that ground but has treated them equally with other local government areas in terms of delivery of dividends of democracy.
“I can tell you that today, even the enemy of Governor Bala Mohammed knew that he has worked in Giade local government without regards to the low votes he received here in 2019, that is what is expected of a good leader, and I am assuring you that if you vote for PDP from top to bottom you will reap enough dividends of democracy from the Governor and Atiku Abubakar”, he said.
“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 our son, Governor Bala Mohammed who has performed creditably well. Anyone that is against the re-election bid of Kaura is your enemy, he is the enemy of Bauchi state”, he declared.
According to him, Governor Bala’s performance within three and half years is more than what some Governors have done in eight years, saying that the governorship candidate of the APC who is believed to be from Giade is not an indigene of the local government.
“I want to draw your attention to some issues, they have brought someone to claim that he is from Giade, claiming 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. If the APC Governorship candidate was actually the son of Giade, he would have prove that by periodic visits for condolences over the death of some traditional leaders in the area.
“Is politics not all about friendship? Must someone wait until when it is election period before he start to claim indigeneship? No, he should have been visiting you for condolences, 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.
Mustapha said of the entire years the APC Governorship candidate spent in the Nigerian Air Force, he has not deem 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 want 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 the night in Giade? Even we that are not from Giade have been sleeping in Giade, I myself Farouk Mustapha I am more related to Giade people than him”, the DG campaign said.
