2023 Gombe Guber: Tangale Intelligentsia Movement supports PDP’s Barde
Chima Azubuike
Tangale Intelligentsia Movement has backed the election campaign of Peoples Democratic Party Muhammad Barde, saying that out of the lot his emergence would fair well for the ethnic group.
TIM prides itself as the think tank ethnic group in Gombe State, adding that it decision was following the presidential election which was won by candidate of the PDP Atiku Abubakar, in the state.
According to a press statement signed by Barrister Mela Maimuruci, which was titled putting our votes in one possible baskets
TIM noted that it had understudied the political happenings in Gombe State at the moment, and having used credible intelligence and unabated wisdom to settle for the candidate of the PDP.
The statement partly read, “The PDP candidate may have his weaknesses in terms of human relationship and the fact that he’s introducing a new style of politics that people are not used to; “anti-psycophancy”. We have gathered that he is better exposed, better educated, more liberal and in an advantaged political party based on what is on ground at the moment. He has the financial wherewithal, he’s in a party that won Gombe State in the last election, he has Gombe North in the bag and majority of Gombe South votes.
“Therefore, we call on all the elites of Gombe State, both home and in diaspora to reach out to their wards and beneficiaries, if we truly want to change the incumbent, we have to collapse our support to the PDP not because PDP is better than all the political parties or has the best candidates, but because PDP stands a better chance to oust this administration. This old saying has never been more applicable than now; united we stand, divided we fall.”
While explaining why it opposed to Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, Maimuruci said, “The APC candidate, is groping in the dark to catch and hold on to whatever is left of his camp that is further withering away. We have for long dissociated ourselves from him because he openly showed hatred to our people, denied us our elected Mai Tangle and refused Justice Beatrice the opportunity to be the CJ of Gombe State. In addition to that, he is still holding captive, our men and a woman in the name of a crisis they know nothing about.
“The NNPP candidate has found a fortitude in Billiri local government (our home), a candidate who never campaigned for any other seat except his own. Not even his House of Assembly candidates. Capturing Billiri is strategic for NNPP whom we suspect is working for the APC. The target is to divide our votes, even if PDP wins the state election, we have lost our bargaining strength because of the percentage of votes that will eventually go to the winner. This is why we need to consolidate our votes, to be able to ask for what we desire from the government that will emerge after 11th March.”
