Two governors from Niger Republic, Issa Moussa of Zinder and, Zakiri Umar of Maradi States, were part of the crowd of supporters in Kano on Thursday at President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election campaign rally.
Media aide to Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje, Salihu Yakasai, revealed this on his Twitter handle beneath a photo of the governors and Ganduje.
His tweet read, “H.E @GovUmarGanduje with his deputy H.E Dr Nasiru Gawuna, his former Dep H.E Prof Hafiz Abubakar, Minister of Interior Abdurrahman Dambazau and that of Water Resources, Suleiman Kazaure, Governors of Zinder and Maradi from Niger Republic, & others getting ready to receive @MBuhari #PMBinKano.”
Yakasai added that the two Nigerien governors were in Kano rally to support for the President Buhari’s re-election.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lambasted Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the presence of two foreigners at the presidential rally in Kano, saying it was a sign the party was planning to import voters from Niger come February 16.
National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus was quoted as saying the elections were internal affairs of Nigerians and wondered why the two foreign governors would be in Kano to welcome the President to his own country.
Calling the attention of the international community to the alleged plan by the ruling party, he said the presence of the two foreign governors had also vindicated the PDP’s claim that President Buhari and his party had been importing foreigners to attend the APC rallies.
“We have been saying it that the President does not consider the interest of Nigerians first in any of his actions. The President of Nigeria has sold the country to those who he loves more than the people who own the nation.
“The presence of the two foreign governors is significant in many ways. One, it shows that the President and the APC, like we said, have been importing foreign leaders to the country to attend their rallies.
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“We have been saying this and I’m happy Nigerians now that God has exposed them. Their evil plot has come to the open.
“You know that even in almost all the states where the President and his party have become unpopular, they keep on boasting that they will win with a landslide victory. One of the ways they planned to get the votes is the illegal importation of foreign voters, who are also underage.
“We want to call the attention of Nigerians to this assault on our sovereignty. We want the foreign and developed democracies to take note of this action and hold the President responsible if there is crisis before, during and after the elections.
“It is sad that the minister in charge of internal security of the nation was present. We know that they are planning negative things ahead of the elections. We just want to warn them not to plunge the country into crisis,” he was quoted to have said.
