The All Progressives Congress,
APC, in Kaduna State, on Wednesday, waded into the controversies surrounding
Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s anti-godfather remark in Lagos State.
The state chapter of the party
said that the governor did not insult APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu in
anyway by his anti-godfather remark.
El-Rufai had over the weekend in
Lagos State said he would teach people how to end the reign of godfatherism in
the state.
However, APC Kaduna State Chapter
said El-Rufai’s remark was a call on registered voters to come out and vote
during elections.
In a statement issued Wednesday
by its Assistant Publicity Secretary, Salisu Tanko Wusono, the state chapter of
the party said: “While many meanings have been read into what the Kaduna State
Governor meant, it is imperative for us in the Kaduna State Chapter of the APC
to set the records straight, more so that the Lagos State Chapter of the APC
has also reacted albeit negatively.
“The Kaduna State Chapter of the
All Progressives Congress wish to identify with the Kaduna State Governor and
support his opinion on why every Nigerians should ensure massive participation
in electoral process, because it is worrisome to see a situation where only One
Million Voters would turn out to vote out of acclaimed Six –Million registered
voters.
“Therefore, we are of the opinion
that what the Kaduna State Governor said was just clarion advice that all hands
should be on deck to ensure that every registered voters in Nigeria are
encouraged to come out to vote on election days.
“Having found out from our
interactions with many stakeholders, we discovered that Malam Nasir Ahmad
El-rufa’i did not insult Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu or anybody for that matter
at the occasion rather the Kaduna state Governor was only encouraging all
registered voters to vote at every election so as to downplay the role of
godfatherism in Nigeria politics just as it were in the recently concluded
general elections where many political godfathers were sent out of business by
Malam Nasir Ahmed El- rufa’I and All Progressives Congress (APC) Kaduna State
Chapter”.
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