Mr Daniel Bwala, who happens to be one of the spokespersons of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in an interview with The Punch, said that the vice president of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, after winning the 2023 presidential election, called him over the phone to discuss with him about the emergence of Senator Godswill Akpabio…CONTINUE READING>>.....READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
While speaking during the interview, he said he did not regret leaving the All Progressives Congress, APC, after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, decided to settle down for the Muslim-muslim presidential ticket.
Daniel Bwala said he thought that the vice-president, Senator Kashim Shettima, who was elected would feel bad about his defection would feel bad but he didn’t.
He said, “But very surprisingly, after the election, I got a call from the Vice-President. And I respect that forever. The Vice-President said he respected my rights and the decision I made, but he felt that being my former governor, I should have known that he does not tend to make the government a one-sided government.
He spoke at length and then proceeded to say I call you because I need your support to bring to bear that conviction that you have. I want you to support the emergence of Senator Godswill Akpabio who is a Christian.”
Further talking, Bwala said when Shettima called him, and expressed his desire for his support in favour of Godswill Akpabio as Senate President, to achieve a balanced government, that development affirmed that his conviction was right.
He said he later knew that the decision to go for the Muslim-muslim presidential ticket, was made for the purpose of winning the election…CONTINUE READING>>
