By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appointed a former gubernatorial aspirant in the last primary election of the All Progressive Congress in the state, Farouk Mustapha as the Director General of his campaign organization.
NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Mustapha contested the APC primary but came fifth with only 26 votes having lost to a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who polled 370 votes.
Mustapha, a former member of the House of Representatives representing Azare Federal Constituency, dumped the APC in June and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Announcing the appointment of the former lawmaker at a meeting with PDP leaders, stakeholders, candidates, 20 local government chairmen and aspirants in the last primary, on Saturday at the Government House, Governor Bala Mohammed, said he was pleased with the appointment of his Campaign DG because of his pedigree and experience in politics.
He called on all stakeholders of the party and all the candidates to unite in order to come out victorious during the elections, stressing that none of them will win unless they are committed.
The governor said: “Today, you have seen people coming in again from the APC and from the other parties, these are examples of success, but managing success is a big challenge, we have to open up, we have to accommodate each other after all, we are all one people.
“The leadership we are giving is to make sure that there must be patience and accommodation, we must respect each other. Those coming in will have to respect those they found here and those of us found here, must respect those coming in. It is just like the religion of Islam, the newcomer and the person already there are all the same; therefore, we are all the same people.
“We must engage them. There are so many of them. It is just that we are not making much noise but I have not seen any state where we have decampees like in Bauchi state; and this is to show you that we are respected.
“Today, I appointed my own DG from among those decampees. He is the most decorated politician from the opposition and I am happy, honestly, I am happy. Nobody opposed me, nobody said no and I didn’t even go and lobby, so I must thank him and all of you for giving Farouk the opportunity to be our DG for the campaign.”
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