Saka Ibrahim
8 April 2003
Gombe — President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to shun acts capable of truncating the forth-coming elections just as he received 13 decampees of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP).
Obasanjo who was in Gombe for his campaign, warned politicians to desist from encouraging youth engage in violent acts during electioneering campaigns.
The President in company of Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Chief Chibudom Nwuche and five Ministers in his cabinet, advised politicians to play according to the rules of the game.
He said it was wrong for politicians to engage youth on drugs while attempting to campaign for their various elective posts.
Said Obasanjo "You don't vote with sticks, daggers, arrows, knives and cutlasses. You don't use arms at the polling centres to vote but your thumb print."
The President appealed to the people to vote for him and the PDP governorship candidate, Alhaji Danjuma Goje, as well as other PDP candidates in the April elections.
He described Goje as a reliable, dedicated and considerate politician who if given the people's mandate will help enhance the standard of living of he people.
Obasanjo promised to tackle the frequent water problem in the state,
He commended the ANPP decampees for joining the PDP and promised that the PDP would not disappoint them.
Among the decampees include former AIG Abdulmumuni Abubakar, former Security Adviser of Governor Abubakar Hashidu, Dr Emmanuel Mailafia, Hashidu Commissiner for Health, former Speaker Gombe State House of Assembly, Barrister Mohamed Magaji Doho, former ANPP state treasurer, Alhaji Idi Batari, Colonel Mohamed Deba, Honourable Ismaila Mohammed, a member of House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmed Bappa, former Hashidu adviser, Federal Government Project, Alhaji Saidu Shehu Awak, Engr. Saad Mohammed and Hon. Mohammed Sabuki, a member of the state House of Assembly on the platform of Alliance for Democracy (AD) among others.
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