Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has received a strong endorsement from Niger State voters to run for the nation’s highest office in the upcoming general elections, which has improved his prospects of winning the presidency in 2023.
As early as 8 am, the throng flocked to the Trade Fair Complex, the location of the APC presidential and governorship campaign’s flag-off event in Minna, to anticipate the presidential candidate’s arrival.
Due to this, a main road leading to the venue, the Minna-Suleja road, became severely congested with traffic.
A large number of people were observed to have walked from the Citygate roundabout to the venue, which was besieged by a large crowd of supporters with various groups displaying posters endorsing Tinubu, Shettimma and the state APC governorship candidate, Hon. Umar Bago.
Upon arrival at the venue of the campaign rally, the presidential candidate was greeted with cheers and shouts of “We want Tinubu, We want you.”
Tinubu was accompanied by his running mate, Senator Ibrahim Kashim Shettima, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawal, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, the APC Niger State governorship candidate, Umar Bago, former APC Chairman, Adams Oshomole, as well as other state governors and federal lawmakers.
Shortly after the flag-off, the presidential candidate and his team moved to the Eastern Bypass to commission the Tinubu/Shetima campaign office of the North Central Zone in Minna.
The APC Presidential campaign office was donated by the Blueprint newspaper publisher, Alh. Mohammed Idris Malagi, who is the Chairman, Strategic Communications of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
Malagi also donated some operational vehicles and tricycles for the party’s campaigns in the state.
