Kano Rally: Supporters of Atiku Abubakar, presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trooped out in thousands to the Sani Abacha stadium in Kano on Sunday.
The presidential hopeful was still at the royal residence of Muhammad Sanusi, emir of Kano, when the crowd took over the stadium.
President buhari secured his most astounding number of votes in Kano in 2015 but Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was governor when this occurred, is presently backing Atiku.
Political intellectuals have said with Kwankwaso’s impact, Atiku would secure significant votes in the ancient city of Kano.
Atiku’s rallies in Jigawa, Kaduna and Katsina, the home state of the president, drew such an extraordinary crowd.
The circumstance is not markedly different in the North-east states of Bauchi and Bornu that were believed to be Buhari’s invulnerable strongholds.
Encouraged by the gigantic crowd, Atiku talked glowingly of the disappointment of Buhari’s administration, saying that it has pushed the country’s economy to the edge of total collapse and should be rebuffed for it.
The discipline, he stated, should come in type of votes that would send its President Muhammadu Buhari-drove organization out of office.
With every single accessible space involved by PDP’s supporters at the arena, 28 people were said to have drooped at the occasion, while the immense group that overwhelmed the arena made it troublesome for movement inside the Kano city, particularly around the arena.
Individuals were seen lined up the streets, as early as 9am to welcome Atiku to the ancient town. As soon as he arrived in the city, the presidential candidate headed to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi.
For an adventure of under 20 minutes, it took Atiku-led campaign team more than four hours to get to the royal residence and an additional three hours to get to the stadium because of the human/vehicular traffic created by Atiku’s visit.
He was joined by the Director-General of the presidential campaign, Senate President Bukola Saraki; the National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus; and former governor of Kano, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso; among other key party’s leaders.
Addressing PDP supporters, Atiku uncovered that if given the mandate on Saturday, he would bolster the reestablishment of farming and the economy, which as per him, are wrecked.
He said: “Are you going to vote for PDP? If you vote for PDP, the government will revitalize business and the moribund industries in Kano. We will also boost agriculture.
“I will ensure that among my priorities would be the revitalization of agriculture, industries and commercial activities so as to boost the economy, which has been killed by the APC government.”
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