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| Dan takarar shugaban kasa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar |
Comrade Yusha'u Garba Shanga
Ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa na jam’iyyar PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, da abokin takararsa, gwamnan jihar Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa, sun tafi yaƙin neman zaɓen su zuwa jihar Anambra a ranar Alhamis.
A cikin tsauraran matakan tsaro, ɗan takarar jam’iyyar PDP da ya sauka a dandalin Ekwueme, Awka, da misalin ƙarfe 2:10 na rana, ya yi ganawar sirri da gwamnan jihar, Farfesa Chukwuma Soludo, a masaukin gwamna da ke Amawbia.
Daga nan Atiku ya zarce zuwa gidan gwamnati dake Awka, domin ganawa da sarakunan jihar, ƙarƙashin jagorancin Obi na Onitsha da shugaban majalisar sarakunan jihar Anambra, Igwe Alfred Achebe.
Atiku ya yi alƙawarin haɗa kan Najeriya, magance matsalar rashin tsaro da rashin aikin yi idan aka zaɓe shi a matsayin shugaban ƙasa a zaɓen da za a yi a ranar 25 ga watan Fabrairun 2023 a ƙasar.
Tsohon mataimakin shugaban ƙasar ya zo ne tare da abokin takararsa Okowa da gwamnan jihar Sokoto Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal da sauran ‘yan takarar jam’iyyar da jiga-jigan jam’iyyar PDP da suka haɗa da shugaban jam’iyyar Iyorchia Ayu.
An kuma yi amfani da taron gangamin yaƙin neman zaɓen ‘yan takarar jam’iyyar Sanata da na wakilai da na majalisar jiha.
Yayin da yake jawabi ga magoya bayansa, Atiku ya yi alƙawarin haɗa kan ‘yan Najeriya ta hanyar yi wa kowane shiyya adalci, da kuma samar da tsaro mai inganci.
Ya kuma yi alƙawarin yaye kogin Neja tare da mayar da Onitsha tashar ruwa mai aiki.
A cewarsa, idan babu tsaro, zaman lafiya da haɗin kai, ba za a samu ci gaba a ƙasar nan ba.
“Manufana da manufata a matsayina na shugaban ƙasa ita ce haɗa kan Najeriya, samar da zaman lafiya da samar da isasshen tsaro ga al’ummar Najeriya.
“Ni ne matakin shugaban ƙasa na Igbo, ku zaɓe ni kuma ba za ku yi nadamar yin haka ba, na yi alƙawarin ba zan ba ku kunya ba.
“Zan ba kowane sashe hakkinsa. Na gode da wannan kyakkyawar liyafar, ban taɓa tunanin zan samu irin wannan liyafar ba a jihar Anambra,” inji shi.
Tun da farko, shugaban masu riƙe da sarautun gargajiya na jihar Anambra, Igwe Alfred Achebe, ya ce sarakunan ba ‘yan jam’iyya ba ne, kuma za su goyi bayan duk wanda ya ci nasara, inda ya ce aikin sarakunan shi ne yin addu’a, jagoranci da kuma kula da al’amuran al’ummominsu daban-daban.
Achebe ya ƙara da cewa wannan ba shi ne karon farko da Atiku zai gana da su ba, inda ya ce a zaɓen 2019 ma ya gana da su a Onitsha.
“Muradinmu shine a samu shugaban ƙasa wanda zai kawo zaman lafiya da haɗin kai da tsaro a ƙasar nan. Muna yi muku fatan alheri,” inji shi.
Shima da yake jawabi yayin gangamin, wani tsohon ɗan takarar mataimakin shugaban ƙasa, Sanata Ben Obi, ya ce Atiku ya yanke shawarar zaɓar Ifeanyi Okowa ne saboda Ohanaeze ya bayar da umarnin kada a zaɓi wani dan kabilar Igbo daga yankin Kudu maso Gabas a matsayin mataimakin kowa.
A cewarsa, Atiku ya kasance abokai da Ndigbo tun a matsayinsa na mataimakin shugaban ƙasa kuma ya yanke shawarar ɗauko ɗan ƙabilar Igbo daga jihar Delta.
“Atiku ya ba da damar sojojin Biafra su kasance da kyau kuma sun yi ritaya a hukumance a ƙarƙashin gwamnatin Obasanjo. Ya ɗauke ni a matsayin abokin takara sannan kuma ya ɗauko Peter Obi a matsayin abokin takara a 2019. Ya kuma auri ‘yarmu, yana cikinmu kuma yana son Igbo,” in ji Obi.