Former governor of Abia State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Abia North senatorial district, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, said Ariara Market traders have “unanimously agreed to give the APC presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari and APC candidates in the state minimum of 65 per cent votes in Saturday’s elections.”
This
was even as he warned the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) in the senatorial district, Mao Ohuabunwa, to desist from
recruitment of youths for thuggery while keeping his own children
abroad.
Kalu said these in Igbere, in response to questions from
newsmen on his arrival from Abuja, yesterday. He said Ariaria market
traders, through their leaders, arrived at the decision, after several
considerations.
Said Kalu: “The leadership of Ariaria, led by
Chief Peter Iheke, has made the best choice by their willingness to give
president Buhari minimum of 65 per cent votes.
“Ariaria market
traders comprises people not just from Aba but from different places
including Abia North and Enugu State. They told me their decision to
support president Buhari is rational. No one has done for Ariaria market
what president Buhari has done for them. Do you know that, until the
president visited Aba, on February 19, many of the traders did not know
that it was the president who built Ariaria market Independent Power
Plant (IPP)?
“The PDP government in the state claimed it was
their project but their lies and propaganda have failed. People that
can’t even pay salaries or pensioners are claiming to be instituting
projects. Can you imagine?”
Speaking further, Kalu said Buhari’ s visit to Aba has defeated so many lies and propaganda.
“You
saw what happened in Aba where the people, majorly traders from
Ariaria, came in their large numbers to welcome and thank him. Those of
you present also saw the level of jubilation which erupted when I gifted
president Buhari the signature of Enyimba (football).”
He
explained that the good news in Aba is that with president Buhari’s IPP
project, “about 37,000 shops belonging to traders and small business
owners in Ariaria market will, one after another, be connected to the
dedicated electricity supply.”
The former governor said the
PDP-led state government should stop their hallucinations by claiming to
support Buhari and to give Buhari votes.
“What happens to their
own candidates? These people just want to take our credit and they are
too daft to think that president Buhari believes their lies. Aba North
and South will deliver Buhari and Ariaria market has vehemently assured
me of that.
“You know Aba people are my own people and we have
emotional attachment to each other. One great thing about Aba is that
they know their own people and, as today, president Buhari has given Aba
one of the important things it needs.”
Meanwhile, the former governor, has said Ohuabunwa is raising false alarm about being restricted on election day.
“If
you see any strange face in your community, you should report to the
security agencies immediately. Since Ohuabunwa is always desperate in
using thugs to rig elections, why can’t he use his own children?
“That
is the fairest thing to do. He should bring back his children from
abroad instead of working hard to destroy the future of the youths with
thuggery,” Kalu added.
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