Asiwaju Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation (ATPCO) has congratulated the presidential running mate to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima on his emergence as the Vice Presidential candidate.

ATPCO noted in a statement on Monday that it was destiny, commitment, achievements and popularity, singled out Senator Shettima.

In the statement signed by Comrade Awa Bamiji, the Publicity and Media Adviser to the Director General of the campaign organisation, who was former Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, ATPCO also enjoined all Muslim faithfuls to use the period of Eid-El-Kabir to pray for peace, progress and success of 2023 general elections.

On Senators Shettima and Tinubu, the campaign body said, “Looking at his leadership style and unique way of planning, research and strategy for three decades running, we are always proud to be associated with our longstanding Principal, Visionary Leader, Grassroot Mobiliser, Political Strategist, Great Philanthropist and the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“He always comes out of every soffocating challenge, such as the June 12 election results’ actualisation struggles, two years’ seizure of the Lagos State monthly allocation by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo led Federal Government as unwarranted punishment for creating the surviving and performing Local Government Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State, much published and politically motivated investigation by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, 2022 APC Presidential Primaries and now the careful choice of his running mate, in person of former Governor of Bornu State, Senator Kashim Shettima, who performed creditably as Governor of Bornu State, excelled as a sitting Senator, always visible as former Director-General of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation”.

Tackling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ATPCO said that after the former Vice president “rocked the boat of popular zoning arrangement between the Northern and Southern Nigeria, arrogantly went ahead to pick the Governor of Delta State, Mr Ifeanyi Okowa, against the first runner-up in the PDP Presidential Primaries, the sustaining pillar of the Party, popular Candidate, who is strongly backed by fourteen (14) members out of the seventeen (17) screening and selection Committee members of the PDP.

“This simply tells us that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is not only the oppressor, tyrant, despot but he came back, from United Arab Emirates after the long leave since his 2019 loss of Presidential electoral victory, just to take over the structure, Wadata Plaza and the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the sustaining Landlord.

“It is now left for the right thinking electorate to decide again in the 2023 election, if truly this is the kind of the President Nigeria deserves at this crucial period of time”, the organisation said.

ATPCO added that “Delay doesn’t mean denial”, “it is better for a good result to be late than never”, all these are the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Hallmark.

“We must therefore congratulate Senator Kashim Shettima on his historic appointment as Running mate to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Behold the 2023 Winning Team: Tinubu/Shettima Ticket. That is the way to go for a reasonable Individual who believes in Rotational Presidency and ability to resolve so many lingering problems bedeviling the Country for decades.

“Unlike in the South, there’s no way APC can win the bloc votes from the North with Christian running mate and our investigation had really confirmed that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is on the right track.

“Since Independence, how many Christians had come up as Prime Minister, Presidents or Vice Presidents from the North.

“This was the similar challenge that former President from Southern Nigeria and the winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, Bashorun MKO Abiola, confronted 30 years ago that made him to choose Babagana Kingigbe as his Running and they both won the 1993 Presidential election overwhelmingly.

“Apart from the wife of our Boss, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, being a frontline Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG); the engine Room of Democracy, which is the National Assembly will surely be headed by a Christian Senate President, likewise other important Portfolios within the Federal Executive Council and the National Assembly.

“Therefore, it will be extremely difficult for this kind of system to disregard the existence of the Christians and anyone that goes further to condemn this right choice after this explanation must be nursing his or her personal agenda or having ulterior motive against the electoral success of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“We urge all Muslim faithfuls to use this festive period to seek the face of Allah and pray for for peace, progress and success of 2023 general election.

“By God’s grace, the bad faith that befell the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, 29 years ago, won’t befall the forthcoming 2023 Presidential election”, the campaign organisation stated.

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