Gov Masari: Peter Obi unknown in Katsina, residents’ll vote for Tinubu

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has said the people of the state would vote massively for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general election.

Masari equally described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as “an unknown quantity”, saying Tinubu would sweep the state in the February 2023 presidential election.

The governor said this on Wednesday while featuring as a guest on Journalists Hangout, a TVC current affairs programme.

“I don’t know Obi. How many Katsina people know Obi?

“Who is better than Tinubu? We are talking of a presidential candidate of Nigeria that cuts through all barriers – tribal, regional, and religion, name it,” he said.

Asked if the people of Katsina State had endorsed Tinubu ahead of the presidential election, Governor Masari said: “Tinubu will be the next president Insha Allah. Katsina people have bought into it.

“The people know his role in 2015 when President Buhari was elected into office. They know his role in 2019 when Buhari was re-elected. We people of Katsina are not ingrates.”

Governor Masari, when asked if the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, would defeat Tinubu in Katsina State said: “Atiku is a formidable force, but Tinubu is a greater force. Atiku is a veteran of election contests and a veteran loser. He will lose again.”

The governor added that the lingering insecurity bewildering some parts of the state would not affect the outcome of the 2023 elections.

“APC is still the party to beat. Insecurity is not only a Nigerian problem. Niger is not secure. Mali is not secure, Central Africa is not secure. There is a global insecurity problem,” he said.

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