Gombe female senatorial aspirant reiterates support for Atiku

BY NAJIBULLAHI ADAMU

Former member of the house of representative representing Kaltungo and Shongom federal constituency of Gombe state, Honourable Binta Bello has described the insinuation that there is rift between her and a former governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Jamilu Gwamna over the recent donation of campaign office to the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.

In a statement issued to journalists yesterday, Binta who was a senatorial aspirant in the last primaries for Gombe south said no amount of treachery and mischief would spoil her relationship with Jamil Gwamna or make them derail from delivering the state to Atiku come 2023.

“My attention has been drawn to a mischievous publications on some feign online mediums that there was controversy surrounding the recent donation of campaign office.

“Let me unequivocally state that, there was no any controversy but the work of mischief-makers, I personally donated the office to my brother, Jamil Gwamna for his gubernatorial campaign but when he lost at the primaries, we unanimously settled to convert the same office for Atiku’s campaigns in the state.

“Gwamna has unilaterally refurbished the office, donated some cars to Atiku when he recently visited the state and commissioned the office as I was outside the countrythen. Where is the controversy, who said what, when and where? My property is Jamilu’s property likewise his,” the statement reads.

Binta further said that they are determined to support and canvass votes for Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming presidential election in the state and, northeast and the entire country.

“The agents of the mischief are not only enemies of the PDP, state but the northeast as whole because Atiku’s presidency is northeast’s project irrespective of one’s political, tribal and religious inclination.