Campaign posters endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for re-election in 2019, were spotted on Abuja streets, yesterday.
The posters were pasted on structures located on major streets as well as bus shelters.
A picture of one “Comrade Felix Ubokan,” is also on the posters, with the words: “We endorse you for 2019: Courtesy: Niger Delta Youths, Women and Security Movement For Buhari/Osinbajo.”
The posters came days after stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State adopted the president as their candidate for 2019.
At the event, president Buhari did not say whether he accepted the endorsement or not, even after party leaders promised to procure nomination forms for him and threatened to sue if he declined their endorsement.
Buhari merely beamed with smiles and went on to underscore the need for unity in the party and among the diverse peoples of Nigeria.
The APC stakeholders’ meeting was held on the sidelines of the president’s state visit to Kano, which was attended by Governor Umar Ganduje, his deputy, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, the state chairman and members of the state executive committee as well as members of the National Executive Committee of the party from the state.
Speaking at the State Banquet in his honour, the president said: “I know the elections (2019). If they are to be free and fair, if it is a question of numbers, if it is a question of allowing people to make their choice, then, I think the people of Kano are in my pocket.
“I am overwhelmed by the reception the people of Kano offered to me. This has indicated that I can still win an election in Kano.
“The people of Kano are aware of the tremendous job we did on security and agriculture.”