Gusau Congratulates Atiku

ABUJA, Nov 22, (THEWILL) - The Aliyu Gusau Campaign Organization has congratulated Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for emerging the consensus candidate of the Adamu Ciroma led Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF).

In a statement issued by the organisation, it reiterated the initial pledge and commitment of its principal, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau to respect the verdict of the committee and give unqualified support to whoever emerges as the committee’s candidate. “Without the slightest equivocation”, the statement reads “the principal and the entire campaign organization stand by this pledge.

The statement recalled the oft- repeated statement of General Gusau that electoral contest should not be a do or die affair, stressing that he was in the race fundamentally to serve.

The statement paid tributes to the members of the committee for the pains and sacrifice they undertook before arriving at this significant event. It equally noted that the committee members have, by their extensive consultations and unique contributions helped to moderate the stress and intense partisanship which could have governed the political campaign process.

While extending its hand of fellowship to the preferred candidate, Atiku Abubakar and its campaign organization, the statement urged the vast followers of General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau to remain calm and undeterred by this outcome, urging them to await further directives.