2023: APC won’t give Gov Umahi others southeast presidential aspirants ticket – Ex-Ganduje’s aide Yakasai

A former Special Adviser to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano on media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, has revealed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won’t give governor Dave Umahi and other presidential hopefuls ticket to a candidate from the Southeast.

Yakasai, a media guru sacked by Governor Ganduje on February 27, for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari when he expressed dismay at the news of the abduction of 317 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Jangebe, Zamfara state.

“Clearly, we as [the] APC government, at all levels, have failed Nigerians in the number 1 duty we were elected to do which is to secure lives & properties. Not a single day goes by without some sort of insecurity in this land. This is a shame! Deal with terrorists decisively or resign,” he had tweeted.

But Yakasai, who spoke on Arise Tv morning show on Saturday said governor Umahi and other southeast governors lacked unity to push for the presidency.

Yakasai said there are no indications that the APC presidential candidates would come from the Southeast.

He said the governors in the Southeast keep agitating individually and they have not come together collectively to show a unified front to the rest of the country that they are indeed ready for this presidency.

The Kano State APC chieftain said the party may preferably settle for a Southsouth presidential candidate.

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He explained that APC may opt for the Southsouth if the Southwest fails to clinch the ticket.

Yakasai said: “As far as I am concerned, I have not seen any indication that the APC is going to field any candidate from the Southeast and I don’t think that is going to happen.

“Even if Southwest does not get it, to be honest, I don’t see the APC giving it to anybody from the Southeast, maybe the South-South but definitely not the Southeast.”

Yakasai also said the Southeast governors and elites lacked unity to push for the presidency.

He also noted that the region lacked the numbers that would produce a Nigerian president.

“In the Southeast, they keep agitating individually but they have not come together collectively to show a unified front to the rest of the country that they are indeed ready for this presidency. There is no unity among the governors, there is no unity among the political elite and there is no unity among the followers. And unfortunately for them, they do not have the numbers, which means that they need the support of one or two regions”, Yakasai added.

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