By Gbenga Omokhunu
The Arewa New Agenda (ANA) has assured the north will vote massively for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu come February 25.
The Convener and Leader of ANA, Senator Ahmad Abubakar MoAllahyidi, stated this while briefing reporters in Abuja on the political developments ahead of the general elections.
He disagreed with the insinuations that the north will not vote Tinubu despite supporting a northern candidate in 2015 and 2019.
“The north has never failed to keep to its promise; when the north makes a covenant, the north keeps to it,” he stated.
MoAllahyidi said the north was the strongest ally of the APC in the 2023 primaries in the same manner that the South West was ally for the victory of the APC in the last two election cycles.
He further said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo became the flag bearer of the PDP and won the 1999 and 2003 elections mainly because of the backing he received from the North.
The ANA Leader also pointed out Tinubu scored 1,271 votes more than half of the total votes cast in the convention to win the primaries with the majority of those votes according to him coming from the north.
“Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has visited many States in the North, made policy statements and made a committal promise to if God Almighty gives him the opportunity to serve as our next president, we the northerners will hold him accountable to that.
“Based on the past excellent record of performance and antecedents of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his various callings, the north is comfortable with him.
“He supported northern presidential candidates in the past; the north has reciprocated this gesture on every occasion; the present situation is no different as the north will repeat the performance by overwhelming support to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election,” he explained.