Buhari excused from Yobe rally over insecurity – Gaidam

March 21, 2015

Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, on Saturday said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was advised not to attend the campaign rally in the state on Saturday because of the state of insecurity in the area.

Speaking at a grand rally of the APC in Damaturu, Gaidam said contrary to reports that he was not on good terms with Buhari, the insecurity of the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway accounted for Buhari’s absence at the rally.

He said he was amused by the “fabrication of falsehood” by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party that Buhari’s absence at the rally was due to the alleged sour relationship between him and the APC presidential candidate.

Gaidam said the APC standard bearer remained the candidate with proven integrity.

“Buhari  is a straight forward person, whom Nigerians will benefit from under his leadership,” he said,

He called on Nigerians to come out en mass to ensure victory for the APC during the forthcoming elections. The governor explained to party supporters at the August 27 Stadium that despite the insurgency in the state, he had performed creditably, and deserved to be re-elected.
He said with a renewed mandate, he would take Yobe to a new height, lamenting that the insurgency had limited the developmental strides of the state.

A former governor of the state and senator representing Yobe East, Senator Bukar Ibrahim, said  Buhari would address three things if elected president of Nigeria on March 28, which he listed as insecurity, corruption and the state of the economy.