Some fully armed policemen have on Tuesday stopped a rally slated to hold for the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu In New Bussa, Niger State.
The rally, which was planned to shore up support for Tinubu and the governorship candidate of the APC in the state, Hon. Umar Bago, and his running mate, Comrade Yakubu Garba.
The rally was organised by Senator Aliyu Shabi Abdulahi who is the Senate Deputy Chief Whip and National Coordinator of Project 774 for Tinubu/Shettima 2023.
The gates of New Bussa Township Stadium in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, which was already fully rehabilitated and decorated in readiness for the event billed to commence by 11am, were locked and barricaded by police operatives.
Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, was honoured with the title of the Jagaban Borgu by the Emir of Borgu, Alhaji Haliru Dantoro.
The title means the “Leader of Warriors.”
The exact reason for the action of the police could not be ascertained as at press time, it was however learnt that the armed men who manned the gate to the venue said it was an order from the above.
Journalists who were billed to cover the event were turned back while party loyalists who had planned to attend the rally were asked to turn back.
The state, Niger, is under the control of the ruling APC with its Governor being Alhaji Sani Bello.
Bello, in the thick of the internal crisis that engulfed the party last year, was at one time the acting national chairman of the party.
He acted as national chairman only for few days.
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The NPO Reports gathered that the development might not be unconnected with the rivalry between the governor, Bello and the coordinator of the Project 774 for Tinubu/Shetima who is the incumbent senator representing the same Niger North senatorial district.
The Governor had won the ticket of the APC during the last primaries of the APC.