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Sadik Abdullahi Kobi
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
Having lost his gubernatorial aspiration under the All Progressives Congress (APC), some youths and women groups in Bauchi metropolis on Tuesday converged at the senatorial Constituency office of the Senator representing Bauchi Central in the Senate, Sen Halliru Dauda Jika calling him to as a matter of urgency dump the APC to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to enable him Actualize his governorship aspiration of the state in the 2023 general elections.
Speaking at the occasion, one of the group’s leaders, Sadik Abdullahi Kobi, said that they have resolved to ‘bully’ Senator Halliru Dauda Jika to look into the possibility of his cross-carpeting to the NNPP in order to meet his gubernatorial aspirations, saying the Senator is a leader with exemplary characteristics.
Sadik Kobi added that, “This popular demand of mammoth crowd of both males and females are here to tender their plea to the Senator representing Bauchi central senatorial district, Senator Halliru Dauda Jika to consider his Plan B option of pitching tent with another political party so as to meet his governorship aspiration of giving Bauchi state a good leadership”.
According to him, “We have prior to the conduct of the party primaries conspicuously advised the APC leadership to zone gubernatorial ticket to Senator Halliru Jika because he was adjudged to be a man of the people and a leader who is committed to fulfilling the needs and aspiration of the down-trodden masses of Nigeria. So we are pleading with him to join the NNPP to assume the mantle of leadership of the state”.
Sadik Kobi further said that, “So in our position as vibrant youths and women, we all come out to not only peddle him into another political party, but also to ensure that he takes to a reputable and formidable political party that would enable him meet his aspiration such as NNPP”.
He however assured the Senator that they would rally round him to whichever political party he moves into to meet his aspiration of clinching onto the governorship seat of Bauchi state comes 2023 polls.
Speaking on part of the of women, Malama Saliha Abubakar said that they are ever ready to comb all the nooks and crannies of Bauchi state to campaign for his leadership of the state, saying Jika is unparalleled to any of the gubernatorial aspirant in the state.
Responding on behalf of Senator Halliru Dauda Jika, his director media, Malam Haruna Muhammad commended the groups for their solidarity to the senator, assuring that he would unfailingly convey the message to the appropriate person to whom they were committed.
It could be recalled that Senator Halliru Dauda Jika, recently lost the Bauchi state governorship primaries of the APC to Air Marshal Saddique Baba Abubakar (rtd) along with others.
