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Saraki declares total support for Jonathan
Newsdiaryonline Tue Feb 22,2011
 Governor
Bukola Saraki of Kwara State Tuesday declared his total support
and that of the people of the state for the presidential
aspiration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Speaking at the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign rally at
the Metropolitan Square, Ilorin, while presenting the party’s
gubernatorial candidate in the state, Abdulfatah Ahmed, Saraki
told the mammoth crowd of party supporters to vote massively for
the President during the April 9 poll.
Drawing the President’s attention to the massive crowd at the
rally and throughout the streets of Ilorin, the governor said,
“It is not what we say but what we do. You seen and heard the
good people of Kwara declaring that we are fully in support of
you. The entire people of the state are queuing behind you
solidly.”
Explaining why he decided to support President Jonathan against
whom he initially contested for the PDP presidential ticket,
Governor Saraki said he believed that in politics, national
interest and the unity of the country should come before
personal interest.
President Jonathan said from all he had seen in the massive
turnout of party supporters and the assurance from Governor
Saraki, he would rather than campaign, only appreciate the
support of the state. He thanked PDP delegates who voted for him
during the party’s national convention, while restating his
personal friendship and good working relationship with Saraki,
stressing that both of them would continue to remain friends.
Saraki hitherto contested the presidency
along with othet northern pro zoning aspirants who subjected
themselves to a consensus arrangement that produced former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar.Saraki's swift shift of loyalty to
Jonathan is bound remain as one of the interesting highpoints
of the ongoing campaigns.
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