The Kano state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally endorsed the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential aspirant it will vote for at the party’s forthcoming primary election.
Daily Trust Saturday reports that Tinubu was in Kano on Thursday and Friday to canvass for support of delegates and stakeholders of the party in the state and was treated to a rousing welcome with party members and leaders led by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje all donning uniforms and caps with Tinubu’s insignia.
At the meeting with the delegates, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, raised the motion for Tinubu’s endorsement and put it to a voice vote, which was returned in the affirmative.
The event which took place at the Coronation Hall, Government House was graced by the governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, deputy governor of the state, Nasiru Gawuna; Senator Jibrin Barau, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, APC state chairman, several House of Representatives member among others.
While addressing the delegates, Tinubu had emphasized that his choice will be the best thing for Nigerians.