Adamawa 2019: APC Will Deliver Adamawa For Buhari With or Without Ribadu

Adamawa 2019: APC Will Deliver Adamawa For Buhari With or Without Ribadu

By Billy Graham Abel Yola

The Adamawa state Pubilcity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammed Abdullahi, has aimed a dig at the newly appointed Director of field operations of the Buhari campaign council, Nuhu Ribadu, saying the APC machinery in the state had delivered Adamawa for Buhari in 2015 when Ribadu was in PDP and that the party has the capacity to mobilise more votes in 2019 without the contributions of Ribadu.

Abdullahi stressed that there is an obvious error in Ribadu's approach in the take off of his task as the director of field operations of the Buhari campaign council without first liasing with the state chapter of the party and the governor who has been appointed as the coordinator of all APC campaigns in the state.

Abdullahi made the remarks, while announcing the official flagging off of campaigns of the APC in Adamawa state.

Abdullahi
"We are aware that one of us has been appointed as the director of field operations in the Buhari campaign council and in a similar situation, the Adamawa state governor has also been appointed  the state coordinator of the same campaign.

"We expect Nuhu Ribadu to seek a synergy with the structure of the APC and the state governor, towards promoting all the candidates of the party.

"It is a mistake for him to liase with an organisation that has never recognised the authority of the party or that of governor Jibrilla as the executive governor of Adamawa state to begin his campaign," he said.

The party spokesperson explained that, "It is erroneous for Nuhu Ribadu to claim at the onset of his campaign activity this week that no one has been campaigning for Buhari until he launched his after the governor, SGF, and Aisha Buhari have been doing a lot of campaigns for the president and other candidates.

"The party also frowns at groups who claim to to campaign for one person without campaign for another.

"The party has mechanism for correcting those who are not working in tandem with the party regulations."

Speaking on the launching of campaigns in the state he explained that, "After due consultation with the national office of our party, we have received the approval to flag off campaign on the 7th of January, 2019.

"The state executive committee has therefore set up three committee in prepations, contact and mobilisation, the media committee and field operations committee which will commence immediately.

"The flag off campaign will signal to all that APC is ready to launch full campaigns for president Muhammadu Buhari, the state government, Muhammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, the three senatorial candidates, the eight members of the house of Representatives and the twenty five members of the state house of assembly seats.

"As part of preparations for the grand rally we will invite all members of our party without exception for an all inclusive meeting and those who fail to attend would have to explain."

It could be recalled that the black movement headed by the Director of Field Operations of the Buhari Campaign organization, Nuhu Ribadu, had openly declared that they will only work for the reelection bid of President Buhari.

Various groups at the occasion including Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association said they will only vote for Buhari in Adamawa during the forthcoming elections because he deserved it."

Nuhu Ribadu was one of those who contested the primary elections against the incumbent governor and lost in a manner that leaves little to be desired in Nigerian politics.