2023 Presidency: Massive Crowd Gather for Tinubu in Imo
- Thousands of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have trooped out to receive Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Owerri
- The APC's presidential candidate is in the state to speak to an audience of private sector drivers, comprising investors, manufacturers, traders
- Meanwhile, the presence of the supporters caused heavy traffic gridlock along the Protea Road of the state
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Chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State on Thursday, trooped out en mass to receive the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Owerri, the state capital.
Tinubu is visiting Owerri to speak to an audience of private sector drivers, comprising investors, manufacturers, traders among others, preparatory to his main campaign in the State in the coming days.
Source: UGC
Though, the town hall meeting was restricted to the drivers of the above sectors in the Southeast, party members in the state trooped out in their thousands just to catch a glimpse of their presidential candidate.
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The presence of the supporters caused heavy traffic gridlock along the Protea Road.
Despite the explanation by the leadership of the APC in the State that they would see Tinubu next week when he returns for campaign, the excited party members remained adamant, forcing the party leaders and the State Government to make emergency arrangements to keep them under canopies.
Imo APC publicity secretary, Cajethan Duke, described the large crowd as a demonstration of enthusiasm by party members, saying their coming out was to show solidarity.
“Asiwaju’s visit is not for rally as you know. It is meant for captains of industries, manufacturers and traders in Southeast and party’s candidates for various positions for the event.
“The party members you are seeing here are only showing solidarity in the project and I can assure you that they don’t mind the scorching sun as long as it has to do with Tinubu and APC,” he said.
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Meanwhile, the Zamfara coordinator of the presidential campaign council (PCC), Senator Kabiru Marafa, has said that APC stakeholders in the state are rooting for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu because of his honesty, fairness, sincerity and trustworthiness.
He made this disclosure through a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday, November 17, by the state APC publicity secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris.
Marafa, at a meeting with community-based institutions, spoke on the need to further discuss the ability and capacity of the APC in the state.
2023 presidency: List of demands CAN leaders present to Tinubu during Abuja meeting
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja.
CAN had initially stood against Tinubu for fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket after choosing Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno state, as his running mate.
However, during his meeting with the leadership of CAN under the new president Daniel Ukoh, Tinubu explained why he picked Shettima and assured the Christian leaders that he won't run his administration on the religious bias if elected in 2023.
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