The Presidency has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu stepped into Kaduna State regardless of it being known as a “no-go space.”
Tinubu’s Particular Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, stated Tinubu went to Kaduna amid claims that the North hated him and that the All Progressives Congress, APC, wouldn’t vote for him in 2027.
The President had traveled to Kaduna on a one-day working go to the place he attended a marriage ceremony and visited the widow of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, in her residence.
Nevertheless, Dare stated Tinubu stepped into Kaduna regardless of it being the religious base of the Arewa Consultative Discussion board, ACF, and the political launch pad of Buhari.
A prolonged article he posted on X reads partly:
“That is town that birthed the famed Kaduna Mafia, a free however highly effective community of northern technocrats, politicians, navy brass, and businessmen who quietly formed coverage and management recruitment in Nigeria, whereas additionally defending northern pursuits throughout a long time.
“Kaduna can also be town of the Sardauna, Sir Ahmadu Bello, and his contemporaries: Ali Akilu, Hassan Katsina, R. B. Dikko, and later, the erudite historian Bala Usman. It’s the religious base of the Arewa Consultative Discussion board (ACF) and the political launch pad of late President Muhammadu Buhari, whose attain throughout the North and certainly Nigeria was unmatched in trendy instances.
“Repeatedly, Kaduna has been the place to which the North retreats to recalibrate and relaunch, whether or not in the course of the navy period when key selections have been hatched in smoky rooms, or within the democratic dispensation when alignments and re-alignments discovered their root. From crises resolved inside its partitions to alliances born in its corridors, Kaduna’s pedigree because the lodestar of northern politics stays unchallenged.
“It was into this charged political atmosphere, months after opponents had fanned narratives of hostility to him, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu selected to stroll boldly. Whispers of ‘a no-go space’ hung within the air: the opposition had unfold a conspiratorial message that the North ‘hated’ Tinubu and the APC help base would abandon him in future elections. However the President, true to his character, got here unafraid, carrying with him the fruits of loyalty to outdated friendships and the proof of sound insurance policies starting to the touch lives.”
