10th June, 2022
By Angela Atabo
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended Governor Yahaya Bello for mobilising the consciousness of youths during his campaign.
Tinubu stated this when he visited the governor in Abuja, barely 72 hours after his emergence as the APC flag bearer in the 2023 presidential election.
Describing Bello as his son, Tinubu noted that the governor reminded everybody of “what the nation wants to be.”
He said: “The man of the convention, the man of democracy for that day was Muhammadu Buhari. If you want to run, run; you want to crawl, crawl; you want to dance, dance.
“Yahaya Bello is my son; you mobilised the consciousness of the youth in the county. You remind us of what the nation wants to be.
Thanking all members of the Yahaya Bello Campaign Organisation, Tinubu said “ You all made a mark, you were resolute.”
“They (opposition) thought there would be chaos and crisis. But we saw peace. Emi lokan. It’s my turn,” he said.
According to him, he was particularly proud of the Director-General of the Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, whose father is the late MKO Abiola.
Responding, Governor Bello announced that he had collapsed his Presidential Campaign Council and would donate the building to Tinubu’s campaign organisation.
Meanwhile, he promised that he would be on the streets to campaign for Tinubu and take APC to victory.
“Today, I have collapsed my Presidential Campaign Organisation. I am donating my campaign organisation secretariat to you. I have learnt a lot from the little lecture you gave to us.
“What elders see when they are in the valley, the younger ones won’t see it. Never again will PDP lead this country. Thank you all my colleague governors for giving me the opportunity to learn from you.
“Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC national chairman) has never lost an election and we will win the 2023 election. Our convention went well and peacefully,” he added.
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