By Amuda Dan Sulaiman
Lokoja – A Cheiftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Kogi State, Alhaji Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, has congratulated former Lagos State Governor, Ahmed Bola Tinubu on his emergence as the party’s Presidential standard flag bearer.
Tinubu, the APC’s National Leader, emerged victorious at the party’s just concluded Presidential Primaries held at the Eagle Square, Abuja on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
Audu, in his congratulatory message, said the choice of Tinubu amongst other qualified candidates is an expression of confidence of the teeming party delegates across the country.
He said that the emergence of Tinubu would help scale-up the dwindling situation of the country’s economy.
According to him, the victory of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu represents confidence in his ability and capacity to rework the country, reestablish the waning confidence of the people and propel the turnaround of the nation’s dwindling economy in the shortest possible time.
“On behalf of Prince Abubakar Audu family, we wholeheartedly congratulate and rejoice with him. It is an affirmation of his wide acceptance and a clear demonstration that the APC National Leader is credible, capable and has the ability of spearheading a march towards the country’s rebirth”, he added.
Audu, who is the son of Late Prince Abubakar Audu, described the process of the APC Presidential primaries as free, fair and credible, maintained that the emergence of a Southern candidate as a standard flag bearer of the party is in the best interest of the party to maintain justice, fairness, unity and political stability of the nation.
He, however, urged fellow presidential aspirants, leaders, stakeholders and members of the APC to rally round the party’s flag bearer and work relentlessly to ensure that the party is returned to power at all levels in the 2023 general elections.
“The transparent and successful conduct of the election and the cooperation of party members, it has become a great stepping stone for the party’s victory in the forthcoming elections next year, ” he said.
He expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring that the APC Presidential primary election became a source of consensus rather than division, stressing that his guidance has been inspirational to the party.
Recall that Audu was the first to donate two campaign vehicles to Tinibu immediately he was declared winner of the Presidential Primaries.
