The All Progressives Congress, APC, has ignored the Mahmud
Ribadu Square in Yola approved for its campaign by the state government and has
chosen instead to hold its presidential campaign flag-off in Adamawa State at a
hastily designated venue.
At a visit to the new venue on Sunday afternoon, it was
observed the large plot of land near the Yola International Airport where the
event will now take place was almost ready.
The resort to the new place followed a heated controversy
over the venue for the presidential campaign flag-off of the APC in Yola,
earlier scheduled for January 18 at Mahmud Ribadu Square, but rescheduled to
January 9.
The management of the Ribadu Square, which had earlier
granted January 18 to the state’s leadership of the APC Presidential Campaign
Council (PCC), had rejected an application to use the Square on January 9 for
the flag-off of the state governorship campaign, saying that the inner grounds
of the square would still be under renovation by January 9.
It was while the state government and the APC leadership
were still exchanging words over this that the national APC PCC leadership
issued its revised campaign timetable, changing its Yola presidential campaign
from January 18 to January 9.
On Saturday, the allegation that the state government had
denied the APC use of Ribadu Square appeared to have been resolved when the
government, in a letter signed by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s Chief of Staff,
Professor Maxwell Gidado, said that the governor had granted a fresh request
for the venue made by the state coordinator of the APC PCC, Martins Babale, for
January 9.
However, Ahmadu Ribadu Square was completely deserted on
Sunday afternoon while the newly designated Muhammadu Buhari Square was
bustling with activity.
Work to get the new facility fully ready was still on by
Sunday afternoon, with a number of pavilions and a podium being erected.
The land, previously a vacant property, has been cleared and
levelled and had a big signpost bearing Muhammadu Buhari Square.
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