2023 Elections: Al-Makura Visits Tinubu, Promises Support at Polls

2023 Elections: Al-Makura Visits Tinubu, Promises Support at Polls

  • Al-Makura has promised continuous loyalty and support for the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2023
  • According to him, he had been sensitising the electorate to support and vote for the APC presidential candidate and his running mate
  • Meanwhile, he said the APC candidate has promised to ensure that every Nigerian enjoys his policies

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Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has opened up on his recent visit to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The former Nasarawa state governor said he has declared his loyalty and support for Tinubu's presidential ambition, Guardian Newspaper reports.

Al-Makura visits Tinubu
Al-Makura promises support for Tinubu. Photo credit: Bola Tinubu
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He made this known while addressing reporters after the visit to Tinubu.

According to him, he visited the presidential candidate to register his firm loyalty and support for his mandate to contest for the position of president, PM News added.

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He said.

“My teeming supporters across different backgrounds and I have been sensitising the electorate to support and vote Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.
“Most of the campaign mega rallies have been organised in the cities. That is why my team is taking the campaign to the electorate at the grassroots.
“I support his campaign manifesto, which has captured plans to ensure that the grassroots enjoy dividends of democracy."

Going further, Al-Makura said Tinubu promised to ensure that every Nigerian enjoys his policies of inclusion towards the nation’s overall development.

Atiku's wife makes serious blunder, says "we should vote APC"

Meanwhile, Titi Abubakar, the wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, made a blunder as she called on Nigerians to vote for the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 presidential election.

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In a video which has gone viral on social media, Titi, while condemning the APC for failing to fulfil its promises to Nigerians made a gaffe as she mistakenly told citizens to vote for the ruling party against her husband's PDP.

Reacting to the video, the spokesperson for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, said the statement by the wife of the PDP presidential flag-bearer is a slip of tongue.

Nigerians need Tinubu more than he needs us, says Issa-Onilu

In another report, the deputy director, media and publicity, Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign council, Lanre Issa-Onilu, urged the electorate to massively vote for his principal in the 2023 general election, noting that Nigerians need Bola Tinubu more than he needs the citizens.

Onilu made the comment while speaking to journalists on Wednesday, December 14, in Igbaja, Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state.

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