2015: Why North will vote for Jonathan - Bafarawa

LAST Saturday, about 10,000 northerners congregated at Asaba, the Delta State Capital as representatives of about 10 million northerners living in the 17 states of Southern Nigeria on the banner of the Arewa Initiative for Peaceful Co-existence in Southern Nigeria (AIPCN).

Co-ordinated by Alhaji Musa Saidu with Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, former governor of Sokoto State, as grand patron, the northerners said they gathered in solidarity and endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Held at the Cenotaph, GRA, Asaba, at the event were President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu (PDP national chairman), Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, Senator Ahmadu Ali and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta PDP governorship candidate) among others.