February 08, (THEWILL) – Former Borno State Governor and vice presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, has alleged that northerners in states with predominant Hausa and Fulani people were reluctant to support him because he is a Kanuri.
According to Peoples Gazette, Shettima made the remarks when he visited the Emir of Daura, in Katsina State.
He said, “People are saying that I’m not Hausa. We have had people from the north, who are not Hausa and they benefitted the north. Umar Musa Yar’adua, Buhari, and others are examples.
“I’m not Hausa, but I am Fulani-blood-related. I’m a Kanuri also, and I have benefited the north than the other.”
Shettima also accused the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, of neglecting the region in his eight years as Vice President, adding that he can not enjoy their support despite being considered as their son.
He challenged the audience to mention eight successful people that the former Vice President had mentored throughout his political career.
“Ours is ours, but our man, who does not benefit us, cannot be considered as our own,” Shettima said in Hausa.
