2nd January, 2023
By Muhammad Nasir
The Council of Obas and resident communities in Sokoto State have thrown their full weight behind all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
This development came to the fore when the leaders of the two groups visited the APC leader in the state, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North).
A statement issued on Monday by Bashar Abubakar, Wamakko’s Special Assistant on Media, said that the first to visit was the Oba in Council, led by the Chairman, Alhaji Surajudeen Sahabi, spoke on behalf of the groups.
Sahabi informed the lawmaker that, on their part, they were ready to work together with the APC leadership towards ensuring the success of the party come the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.
“This is especially the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the APC gubernatorial candidate in Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu, among other candidates of the party,” he said.
Similarly, the Association of Sokoto State Residents’ Community, led by Alhaji Salmanu Oke, told Wamakko that they came to express their unwavering support for the APC’s victory in the state.
He further said that the residents’ community in the state would not forget the invaluable gestures extended to them by Wamakko when he was the governor of the state.
Responding, Wamakko, while welcoming the two groups, said: ”Nigeria is one indivisible nation,” adding, “therefore, Sokoto is a home to all the tribes, irrespective of where one comes from.”
According to the lawmaker, one of the reasons the APC chose Tinubu as its candidate was to ensure Nigeria’s unity as an indivisible nation.
“Nigeria is for all of us, hence the need to come together and work for a better tomorrow,” he urged.
Wamakko also recalled that when he was elected as the governor of the state, he abolished what was then called “school fees to non-indigenes in the state.”
He further stated that he also appointed one of them to serve as his special adviser in his government just to ensure that they were carried along.
Wamakko assured the visitors that if the APC was given the mandate in the 2023 elections, it would consider them in its affairs.
During the visit, the representatives of the different tribes of Yoruba, Igbo, Tiv, and Hausa, among others, were allowed to speak in their languages as a sign of one nation.
The visit was attended by Mr Bello Muhammad-Goronyo, APC North West Zonal Secretary, and other dignitaries.
NAN