JANUARY 31, 2015 BY GODWIN ISENYO, KADUNA
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A half-filled stadium marked the presidential campaign rally of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna, as the President rounded off his re-election campaign in the North-West zone of the country on Saturday.

The 25,000 capacity stadium was half filled as many supporters shunned the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate’s rally.

A visibly angry deputy governor of the state, Amb. Nuhu Bajoga, was spotted by our correspondent at the rally, complaining bitterly to members of the local organising committee at the main bowl of the stadium.

He reportedly told the committee to “go and bring the crowd.”

It was gathered that the ‘welfare package” for supporters were allegedly diverted by some unnamed officials of the local organising committee.

Curiously, a section of the stadium, rather than praising the president, started singing “sai Buhari,” a situation that forced security operatives to chase the disgruntled supporters out of the stadium.

The president, who arrived the stadium at about 1.30pm, went round the scanty stadium, before taking his seat.

In his speech, Jonathan said Kaduna was one of the major beneficiaries of the Federal Government and as such, it was payback time for the people of the state to re-elect him in the February 14 election.

He said the state was the focus of the Federal Government in the next four years if elected.

He added that the collapsed textile mills in the state would be revived, so as to create jobs for the teeming youths in the state.

Jonathan noted that the state must work with the party for the development of the state.

Vice President Namadi Sambo had earlier, in his speech, said the people of the state appreciated the gesture of the president for his(Sambo) choice as his running mate in the February poll.

He described the president as patriotic and detribalised and therefore urged the people of the state to vote the party in all the elections.

Sambo said the president loved the people of the region, pointing out that the president was determined to bring back the collapse industry in Kaduna State through the establishment of the 215-megawatt Kudendan Power Plant in the state.

Also, Senate President David Mark said Kaduna was important to the party, as according to him, if the state leads, other parts of the North would follow in the forthcoming election.


Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/poor-turnout-as-jonathan-takes-campaign-to-kaduna/

Apc is behind d poor outing...I have to cum back home cox it. was so borin...God dey,apc una don do una own sha

One of the several states where GMB would record a landslide.
The forces against gej in this state are too enormous:
- A general with a fanatical support;
-a popular governorship candidate in el rufai
- a pathetic vice president in muhammed sambo
- a more pathetic,as clueless as jonathan,governor Yero.
When u combine all the factors above,the only result possible is a landslide for gmb in kaduna.
With landslides in these other states:
Kano
Jigawa
Bauchi
Zamfara
Kebbi
Sokoto
Katsina
Borno
Yobe
Osun
Kwara and comfortable victories in
Lagos
Oyo
Ogun
Niger and marginal victories in some other states,like
Edo
Ondo
Ekiti
Nassarawa
Adamawa
Gombe
Abuja

its high time someone tells GEJ to honorably resign because he wud be disgraced at the polls.

Sambo na bad market for Kaduna,wetin u expect..

Y is apc nd its suporters full of lies? Dey r sadist nd full of propaganda. It waz aired live on NTA, massive crowd nd I waz there in person. Pls apc repent frm ur lies nd propaganda.

Been hearing dis,, buh no pix... APC punch and APC Park well

probably it could be as a result of the match between Chelsea fc vs man city that led to d poor turn out.

And Sambo promised his boss 2m votes... make I just dey observe

Curiously, a section of the stadium, rather than praising the president, started singing “sai Buhari,”

hehehehe