The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmuminin Kabir Usman, has said the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a “son of the soil” who he cannot disown.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Emir Usman made the remark recently when he received in his palace a delegation of members of the Arewa Organisations Movement for Tinubu 2023 Presidency, led by Senator Abu Ibrahim.
“This man that you brought, Tinubu, is home here, he is the son of the soil and he has done a lot for me. I was in Lagos some three weeks ago, the first since 1967 and I have seen how Lagos is transformed and I concluded that all the country’s wealth is in Lagos,” he said.
Speaking earlier, Senator Abu Ibrahim who led the group to the Katsina Emir said their mission at his palace was to seek his royal blessings, support and advice towards the emergence of the ambition of the former Lagos State Governor to become Nigeria’s president come 2023.
He expressed optimism that Tinubu has the qualifications and everything it takes to turn the fortune of the country around.
