North Angry With El-Rufai, He Has De-marketed Tinubu; APC May Not Get Northern Support – Prof Usman Yusuf

By Ayodele Oni

A  respected Oncologist, Professor Usman Yusuf, has given reasons why Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) may not get the support of Northerners in the February 25, 2023 election.

Speaking during an interview on AIT, Professor Usman said Tinubu’s aides has not even helped matters as they have continued to rain abuses on  Northerners, especially the elders.

He declared: “Asiwaju has been de-marketed in the North. APC is already panicking.

“There are signs that APC is panicking. Look at Festus Keyamo, Dele Alake and Fani-Kayode threatening at a press conference that they will take INEC to court if Asiwaju is disqualified.

“Asiwaju himself has been attacking President Mohammadu Buhari. He said the fuel scarcity and Naira Redesign were targeted at him to frustrate him.

“Full blown, he has been attacking the President that he has failed and mismanaged the economy. Later, he ran to Daura, accompanied by three Governors, Zulum, Masari and Badaru to beg the President.

“Now, he came back and started a full blown attack on the Party and person of the President. He said they have failed. F11.

“The Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim  Shetima, too, said Northerners are not supporting him because he is a Kanuri. He has not done his home work because he should know that the mother of Buhari is Kanuri, late President Yard adua ancestors too were Kanuri.

They are losing it.

“All of a sudden, they sent the attack dog, Governor El, Rufai. He appeared in five platforms, foaming from the mouth,  saying Elders in the region did not keep the promise they made on zoning the Presidency to the South. Who made the promise? It was the Governors, APC. If you have money, you buy the delegates. That’s where it stops.

He said there are no elders in the North. That alone has de-marketed Asiwaju.

“We have a lot of retired Generals from the North, Yakubu Gowon, IBB, Jerry Useni, TY Danjuma, IBM Haruna, many of them that put on their uniforms and saw this country through most difficult times. Many of them came with injuries and lost their comrades in the battlefield. We have 98 year old Tanko Yakassai, we have 93 year old Professor Umaru Shehu, 93 year old Dantata. And El-Rufai say we have no elders, that they, the Governors are the elders.

“That statement alone has de-marketed Asiwaju in the North.”