…It is common knowledge that the sponsors of the current shenanigans of the Adamawa state APC leadership would rather the party lose than Senator Binani wins…
By Sen. Ahmed Hassan Barata.
The recent unholy pilgrimage of the leadership of the Adamawa state Chapter of the APC to Abuja the Federal Capital Territory in the name of “Consultations” is one of the most shameful acts to be carried out by any group of people with leadership responsibility.
It is shameful because supposed party leaders are expected to be neutral and concerned only about the interest of the party. But here we are with supposed party leaders not only taking sides but openly taking the wrong side.
Party leaders who are happy to sell the interests of the opposition for some selfish and self centered partisan interests. Party leaders who without shame chose to align with the failure of the party rather than its success.
Let it be made clear that in the case decided by the Federal High Court on the 14th of October 2022, there were three major parties to the suit. Mallam Nuhu Ribadu the person who took the matter to Court, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani the winner of the annulled election and the party as the vehicle that will carry the candidate to victory.
However, the party leadership came to Abuja to consult all persons relevant or irrelevant to the case without consulting the very person at the centre of the crisis, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani.
What does that indicate to any rational person? Clearly the party leadership had always resented the emergence of Senator Binani as the APC candidate.
While ordinary citizens are mourning the verdict of the Court, the party leaders are celebrating it as a victory for their interest and the interest of their backers whose errands they carried out by putting booby traps in the process ab-initio. It’s indeed a big shame.
Let the shameless leaders know that the people of Adamawa state are on a different trajectory with them. They are mourning the disqualification of Senator Binani as candidate of the APC. They are out in the street demonstrating their feelings openly.
The leaders can keep on deluding themselves that the Senator Binani phenomenon can be wished away. It cannot. She is no longer a candidate in the eyes of the law, but she is the most potent rallying point for the APC in Adamawa today. Her profile is soaring higher and higher. Put her out of the equation, the APC will not only lose the governorship but all other elections in 2013. Take it or leave it.
It is common knowledge that the sponsors of the current shenanigans of the Adamawa state APC leadership would rather the party lose than Senator Binani wins. It is not the first time they are doing that. If they did today, it’s only a repeat performance. But this time around they will not succeed. God Almighty is a just God.
Acts of wickedness cannot be successful all the time. There are limits and this is the end. By the special grace of God Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani will fly the flag of APC in the gubernatorial election in 2023 and she will win.
The “Sai Matannan ” revolution will sweep Binani and APC to the Government House Dougirei Yola and those sponsored to scuttle it will be made to bury their faces in shame.
As they conclude their “consultations” or is it a conspiracy? Let them know that the good people of Adamawa state are way ahead of them. They have consulted Senator Binani and all well meaning patriots through the voices they have expressed on the street.
They have taken sides with the truth regardless of the antics of the errand boys of negative interests. Binani’s profile has risen sky high. For her the Hausa saying that “Hassada ga Mai Rabo Taki” is very apt. The more they oppose her the higher her profile soars like the eagle on a clear horizon.
Let me end by reminding these party leaders that power belongs to God. When God says Yes, no one can say no. If it is the will of God that Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani will be Governor of Adamawa state, no amount of shenanigans will stop that. “In Rana ta fito, tafin hannu baya tarewa” A word they say is enough for the wise. Unfortunately, wise people do not serve as destructive agents of wickedness.
Whether it is consultations or conspiracy, if it is done with the sole aim of stopping the will of God it is already a failed mission. That’s the final verdict.