Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, has reportedly said that Northerners are reluctant to support him because of his Kanuri ethnic heritage, Peoples Gazette reports.
“I’m not Hausa, but I am Fulani-blood-related. I’m a Kanuri also, and I have benefited the north more than the other,” the APC vice presidential candidate added.
Providing further clarification, Farooq Kperogi said that Shettima “only implied Atiku’s people say he’s Kanuri in order to “other” him but that there’s no difference between Kanuri, Hausa,& Fulani because they’re united by Islam and intermarriage.
“He said Mamman Daura’s father, Dauda Daura, who was a title holder in Daura, had a Kanuri ethnic heritage; that Buhari’s mother was Kanuri; that the Musa Yar’adua family are also Kanuri; and that he, too, has Fulani bloodline. ”
He spoke during a visit to the Emir of Daura in Katsina, the running mate to Bola Tinubu said that northerners in states with predominantly Hausa and Fulani people were refusing to back him.
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Speaking in Hausa and in reference to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Shettima reportedly said, “Ours is ours, but our man who does not benefit us cannot be considered as our own.”
He, therefore, challenged the audience to show him what Mr. Abubakar did for the region during his eight years as vice president that warrants their vote.
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Shettima further challenged the audience to mention eight successful people that Abubakar had mentored throughout his political career.
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