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As Sokoto State people prepare for the re-run election coming up on Saturday, a political pressure group, Yar'Adua/Jonathan Actualization Movement (YJAM) has expressed optimism that the former governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magarakarda Wamakko of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would return to power.
As Sokoto State people prepare for the re-run election coming up on Saturday, a political pressure group, Yar'Adua/Jonathan Actualization Movement (YJAM) has expressed optimism that the former governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magarakarda Wamakko of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would return to power.
Speaking with Daily Sun at the weekend, coordinator of the group, Mallam Muhammed Abubakar Bodinga said; ' Wamakko's chance of winning the coming re-run election is as clear as the morning sun," adding that, 'he has built an enviable reputation for himself which has endeared him to the hearts of the people of Sokoto State."
Speaking further, Bodinga informed that 'the reputation of Wamakko, who rose to the rank of a Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs under the then military governor, Rasheed Raji, was what rubbed off on the former governor of the state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa when he (Wamakko) teamed up with him on a joint ticket in 1999. It was the confidence the people of Sokoto had in Wamakko that gave that joint ticket victory in 1999 on the platform of the then All Nigeria Party, (APP) now All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).
'That was why in 2007 when Wamakko contested on the platform of the PDP, he received overwhelming support of the Sokoto people who have all along seen in him a servant-leader of no mean repute. On Saturday, Wamakko is going to receive a resounding mandate from the good people of Sokoto State as a sign of appreciation of his charitable disposition, philanthropic gesture and willingness to sacrifice his time and resources for the collective interest of the people."
While commenting on the court case against Wamakko's candidature, Bodinga dismissed the development with a wave of the hand, describing it as an exercise in futility.
According to him, any attempt to stop Wamakko from contesting the re-run election would amount to an abuse of judicial process and an abuse of privilege, pointing out that nobody would succeed in bending backward to annul an already decided case by a court of competent jurisdiction.
He noted that the case lacked substance and merit just as he likened the efforts to a situation where someone dancing naked at the market place wanted to be believed as putting on a fine attire.