As the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 14 election, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), commences his campaign in Port Harcourt, an official of the Rivers State government has said the state has mobilised not less than 100,000 supporters for the event.

The event is scheduled to hold at the 40, 000-capacity Adokiye Amieseimaka Stadium, Igwuritali-Ali in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.

The Director of Mobilisation for the rally, Chief Tony Okocha, who disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, expressed happiness that Buhari decided to commence his campaign in the state.

Okocha explained that the Director General of the Buhari campaign organisation and Rivers State Governor, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, is the chief host of the event.
He said the APC in the state would not hire any crowd, stating that the intention was to make the ceremony more eventful than the October 25, 2014 mega rally of the party at the same venue.

The rally, according to him, will be a “tornado” as it would change the political landscape of the state.

His words: “This is to inform you that the Presidential candidate of our great party, the APC and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will flag-off their campaign here in the state (Rivers) on Tuesday (today).

“As I speak to you, all is set for the rally which takes place at the Adokiye Amieseimaka Stadium and we (the APC) are mobilising 100, 000 supporters to the venue.

“The stadium has a 40, 000 capacity, but we expect an overflow. We assure our supporters and residents of the state that no negative incident will be recorded, as we have put measures in place, including security to ensure there is no untoward development.

“The rally will be a tornado, it will be unprecedented. We however appeal to our supporters to come out en-masse to give support to the party’s presidential candidate and his team.”

Meanwhile, the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has disclosed that the APC in the state will deliver five million votes to Buhari during the next month general election.

Ganduje said: “We are working very hard to give Buhari the maximum votes and we are begging even those who are not in the APC to vote for him. Our state is ready for the election.”

Addressing journalists in his office yesterday, Ganduje said: “Kano being the most populous state in the country, we are going to contribute our quota by ensuring that the state provides hundred per cent votes to our presidential candidate, Buhari.”

The deputy governor said: “There are different shortcomings in the country. The country requires somebody who is strong, somebody who will fight corruption and somebody who has the political will to rule this country.”

Ganduje who is the governorship candidate of the APC in the state, promised that
“By God’s grace, we will rejoice with our victory in the coming elections because the electorate is ready for the election to ensure that they cast their voted for our party. We are always appealing to people including the aggrieved ones to join us in the struggle for change in this country.”

According to him, “My administration will make sure there is continuity, consolidation and innovation of new projects in Kano if elected into power. The issue of security is paramount to us and we will provide modern scientific security surveillance camera in the state to ensure total security of the lives of our people.

“My administration will complete all the projects started by our government. We will also introduce new projects. We must ensure that all the laudable projects initiated by this present government will be completed.”

Ganduje added: “Kano is to be surrounded with flyovers to intimidate our visitors because my belief is that quantity without quality is like tea without sugar.”