25th August, 2022
Governor Aminu Bello Masari has dismissed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, as an unknown candidate as he backed Bola Tinubu to emerge victorious in the 2023 election.
While featuring as a guest on Journalists Hangout, a current affairs program Wednesday evening on TVC, Masari played down the popularity of Obi in Katsina.
The governor said: “I don’t know Obi. How many Katsina people know Obi?
“Who is better than Tinubu? We are talking of a presidential candidate of Nigeria that cuts through all barriers—tribal, regional and religion, name it.
Asked if Katsina people had bought into the Tinubu project, Governor Masari said:
“Tinubu will be the next president Insha Allah. Katsina people have bought into it. The people know his role in 2015 when President Buhari was elected into office. They know his role in 2019, when Buhari was re-elected. We people of Katsina are not ingrates”, Masari added.
Speaking on the chances of Abubakar Atiku, Masari said the presidential candidate of the PDP is a formidable force but will lose to Tinubu.
He said: “Atiku is a formidable force, but Tinubu is a greater force. Atiku is a veteran of election contests and a veteran loser. He will lose again.”
Masari said the problems of insecurity affecting some sections of the state would not affect the outcome of the 2023 election.
“APC is still the party to beat. Insecurity is not only a Nigerian problem. Niger is not secure. Mali is not secure, Central Africa is not secure. There is a global insecurity problem”, he explained.