Former Head of State and Presidential
candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change, Major-Gen. Mohammed
Buhari (retd), and the National Leader of the Action Congress of
Nigeria, Asiwaju Tinubu, will arrive Kagoro town, Kaura Local
Government of Kaduna State on Saturday (tomorrow) for a seminar.
A source told our correspondents that
the seminar would be in the form of a rally and that “women, youths and
groups/associations have been fully mobilised to receive the visitors
in our fold.”
Other high profile opposition leaders
expected include Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN);
Governor of Nasarawa State, Alh. Tanko Almakura; former Governor of Kano
State, Alhaji Ahmed Shekarau; former Governor of Benue State, Senator
George Akume; Senator Mohammed Saleh, representing Kaduna Central
Senatorial zone; and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory
Mallam Nasir El-Ruffai.
The seminar with the theme ‘A Decade of
Democracy: A Region at Cross Roads’, will be chaired by former Chief of
Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibrahim Iko (retd), a native of Koi in Jabba
Local Government Area of Kaduna State,
The opposition party has however alleged
that it had uncovered a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party in the
state to disrupt the gathering by using the Nigeria Police Force.
Secretary of the Conference of Nigerian
Political Parties in the state, Mr. Francis Koza, told newsmen in the
state capital that the event would mark a significant political turning
point in the southern part of the state, saying the opposition parties
had already informed the state police command of the event.
He said, “Tomorrow’s rally will mark a
significant shift and higher attainment in our search for alternative
leadership in Kaduna State.”
Meanwhile, Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin
Clark has faulted Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) for questioning the
competence of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Clark said this while fielding questions from newsmen at a press briefing, in Abuja, on Thursday.
He was responding to comments attributed
to the former Head of State, who was reported to have said Jonathan
lacked the competence to deal with Nigeria’s challenges.
source: the punch
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