ARC Dabo Declines Appointment as Member Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council

Former Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), and APC Chieftain in Kano, Arc Aminu Dabo has rejected an appointment to serve as member of the Labour Party Presidential Advisory Committee.

Reacting to a media report in which his name appeared on the Labor Party‘s Presidential Campaign list, released last week, Arc Aminu Dabo said he was still a full pledged member of the APC.

Declining the offer, Arc Dabo said he was not consulted nor did he consent to the appointment. He reaffirmed that as a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and an active member and leader at both National and State levels, he can’t be in two political parties at the same time.

In a statement from his Media Services Office, Arc Dabo said: “I am so sorry that I have to decline the appointment. I am still an APC member. I am committed to the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima as well as APC candidates for Governor, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna and his Deputy, Murtala Sule Garo at the upcoming 2023 general elections”.

The Kano APC strongman Arc Dabo emphatically declared full support for the presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Tinubu. He said, “As one of the elders and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, l wish to publicly reaffirm my commitment to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima and the Party’s victory at all levels”.

According to him, “we should all join forces with Asiwaju Tinubu because I strongly believe that Nigeria will be a better place if Tinubu is voted President in 2023.”

While acknowledging the show of goodwill from His. Excellency Peter Obi, he said, “I sincerely wish to thank him for the unsolicited offer to serve in his Advisory Council that I categorically declined,” adding “I am most humbled and grateful but unfortunately the offer came at a time that I am actively engaged in and committed to the APC”.

Arc. Dabo, who however commended the Labour Party Presidential Candidate “for his focus, courage and determination in pursuit of his political objectives” went on to further appreciate “being recognized as a worthy ally and friend as shown by the unsolicited appointment to the LP Presidential Campaign Council”.

Arc Dabo then appealed to Mr Peter Obi to shelve his presidential ambition for now, saying, “I wish the. LP Presidential candidate would have the courage to make history by joining forces with Tinubu in APC” to “rally round the promise of a Renewed Hope that a Tinubu Presidency offers now that Nigeria is again at a critical crossroads”.

A former gubernatorial aspirant in Kano State, Arc Aminu Dabo had served as Commissioner of Land in Kano State and is Proprietor/CEO of the twin World Class Private Health Institutions, Aminu Dabo College of Health Sciences and Technology (AD-COHST) and the Aminu Dabo College of Nursing Sciences (AD-CONS) Kano.

He is a philanthropist and successful businessman of international repute.

Abdullahi Usman
Media Aid
Tuesday October 18, 2022