Politics
APC governors will deliver 22 states for Tinubu/Shettima in 2023 —Uzodimma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has assured that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will have a clean sweep of votes in the 2023 presidential election as 22 governors of the party will deliver their respective states.
The Imo governor who made the boast when APC governors paid a Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari at his country home in Daura, Katsina State, on Monday, said he was confident of the party’s victory in 2023 because the governors have done very well in their respective states.
While addressing the President, Uzodimma said:
“APC Governors will deliver 22 states because they have done very well. How many states are remaining?”
Read also: APC governors visit Buhari in Katsina, hail Tinubu-Shettima combination
Uzodimma who also endorsed the decision of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pick former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as his running mate, said it was in the best interest of the party and “a collective decision of the governors.”
Other APC governors who were in Daura to pay homage to the President included Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Abubakar Bello of Niger, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Simon Lalong of Plateau and Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...