Buhari makes case for Tinubu-Shettima’s ascension to the Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday joined the capacity crowd at the Jos township stadium in Plateau State to canverse support for the Tinubu-Shettima ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential contest.

The President, also during a visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba reiterated his earlier commitment to ensuring that every vote counts.

“No election winner will be denied his mandate, irrespective of the party to which they belonged,” the president said, apparently in response to the Campaign Director-General, Governor Simon Lalong, who announced the intention to recreate the SDP-Moshood Abiola historic victory in 1993 in a campaign that took off in the same city 30 years ago.

That election result was annulled by the military.

Handing the APC flag to the candidate at the tumultuous occasion, President Buhari said the country needed a man like Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, urging the party faithful to campaign on issues and the abilities of the candidate and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.

The President reiterated his earlier assurances that he will be at the forefront of the campaign because of his belief in the party.

The President said it is only the APC that can steer Nigeria to fulfill its historic purpose, adding that working together with the leadership of the party, the campaign council, and its teeming supporters, the goal will be achieved.

Chairman of the party, Senator Adamu Abdullahi led other party stalwarts, including Asiwaju Tinubu to call on Nigerians to vote for the APC ticket which is the surest way to the prosperity of the country.