Shettima Begs Resident As Jonathan Campaigns In Borno

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Saturday take
his presidential campaign train to Maiduguri, the
Borno State capital, in continuation of his re-
election campaign rally.
This will be the second time the president will be
making a trip to Maiduguri in two weeks, the first
being a visit to soldiers who are battling terrorists
in the state in commemoration of the Armed Forces
Remembrance Day.
The inability of the Jonathan administration to
arrest the Boko Haram insurgency has become a
campaign issue of the presidential candidates of
two major political parties – Muhammadu Buhari of
the All Progressives Congress and Jonathan of the
Peoples Democratic Party.
Jonathan will be expected to make the issue of the
Boko Haram menace one of the issues he will be
touching on while in Maiduguri, as the people of
the town will want to know what the President
plans to do to stop the reign of the Boko Haram
insurgents.
Coming on the heels of the stoning of Jonathan's
campaign convoy in Katsina and Bauchi states, the
governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, on
Friday made a strong appeal to his supporters and
all citizens of the state not to show disrespect to
the President and his entourage during the
campaign visit.
Shettima made the call in a statement by his media
aide, Mallam Isa Gusau.
The governor said the call became necessary
because of recent incidents in Bauchi and Katsina
states during which irate youths reportedly went
wild, pelting the President's convoy with various
objects.
He described the act as disrespectful, show of
intolerance and extremely bad politics.
The governor said, "From what I have read or heard
in the media, so far, there has not been any issue of
such in any APC-controlled states visited by the
President and Borno should not be an exception.
We have political differences and our differences are
legitimate and based on the principles of our
political parties and what we stand for.
"But we must remember that His Excellency, Dr
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, is the President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as citizens of
this country, we have an obligation to respect his
office and his person.
"Our millions of citizens, who support the APC in
Borno State and our presidential candidate, General
Muhammadu Buhari, and anyone that supports me
or any of our National and State Assembly
candidates in the state, should shun any act of
violence, intolerance and unlawful political
behaviour before, during and after the President's
visit and should remain law abiding citizens of
Borno State as our laws, norms and values
demand."
Courtesy:nairaland news
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