The Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmuminin Kabir Usman, has offered explanations on why he cannot disown the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his 2023 presidential aspiration.
The Emir spoke in his palace when he received members of the Arewa Organisations Movement for Asiwaju, led by Senator Abu Ibrahim.
Usman said: “We will look into whatever movement he is into, where we will support where there is need to support and we will correct where necessary.
“I knew Tinubu when he was governor while I was district head and he has assisted me in many ways.
“Now that I am on the throne, he is contesting for president, tell me why I should disown him.”
Usman said with the security challenges in the country, particularly in the northern part, which he described as man made, there was the need to elect somebody with the ability to return normalcy and that must be done with all sincerity.
He said: “So, this man that you brought, Tinubu, is home here.
“He is 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.”
Ibrahim told the Emir that if supported, Tinubu has the wherewithal to address the challenges of the country.
He said the delegation was therefore at the emir’s palace to solicit his blessings, support and advice on the actualisation of the dream of the Arewa Organisations Movement for Asiwaju 2023.
The delegation was earlier at the Katsina Government House where they met Governor Aminu Bello Masari on the same mission.