Jigawa State Governor Muhammad Badaru says he has no plans to contest the 2019 presidential election. Badaru also disowned and disassociated himself from a group supporting him to run for the office of President in the 2019 general elections. The governor made his position known in a statement issued on Saturday in Dutse by his media aide, Malam Bello Zaki.
“The attention of the Jigawa State Government has been drawn to a mischievous paid newspaper advertisement purported to have been made by a faceless and unknown organisation called `Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar for President Support Group’, which purportedly aimed its support to the recent comments by former President Obsanjo.
“The State Government hereby calls on the general public to dismiss and ignore the false and malicious advertisement and the message and evil innuendo it intends to propagate.”The governor said that he had not endorsed any organisation or group for the purpose of vying for any national office.
“Governor Badaru Abubakar does not have and does not endorse any organisation for the purpose of achieving or vying for any national office as he grapples with the challenges of governing his state and delivering on the mandate given to him by the Jigawa electorate.
