Kí ni o ń reti láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ará ìlú nínú àjọṣepọ̀ yìí?

I sincerely thank the delegation from Jada and Ganye Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, who paid me a courtesy visit yesterday. Special thanks also to Senator Abdul Ningi, @Sen_AbdulNingi, who joined me in welcoming the delegation. -AA

Thrilled to see our youth uniting across party lines for a brighter future. The opposition coalition is all about assured hope and progress. Big thanks to the Hon. Ismaila Abu Ishaq-led group for rejecting APC’s failed leadership and joining us. -AA

May God guide us aright as we endeavor to deliver on our responsibilities. I thank you for listening. God Bless. -AA

Our responsibility now is to ensure that his labour was not in vain. We must continue the fight for transparent governance, for institutions that serve citizens rather than exploit them, and for a political culture that honours merit above mediocrity. For that is the union he hoped to build, and it remains the union we must become. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, as we conclude this memorial, let us remember that to celebrate Shehu Musa Yar’adua’s life is to renew our contract with the Nigerian dream he served. To his family, may the Lord continue to comfort and strengthen you. To his friends and comrades, let us remain faithful to the ideals we once pledged to uphold together. To the younger generation, know this: freedom and justice are never given; they are earned by courage, by conviction, and by sacrifice. May the Almighty God bless the memory of General Shehu Musa Yar’adua; soldier, statesman, and servant-leader. May He bless the Yar’adua Foundation for keeping faith with his legacy. And may He bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I must state at this juncture that this is not the time to celebrate. No one was defeated because we are one party and we all need to recognise the fierce urgency of the moment. Therefore, we have to unite, as we pledged before this process, to work to pull our country and our people out of the destructive grip of a corrupt, incompetent and polarising APC government. I thank the primary elections Committee for organising peaceful, free, fair and transparent primaries. I thank the various leadership organs of our party, the various stakeholders, and volunteers for their hard work and dedication and all our party members and supporters for their efforts, patience and conduct during the process. With the primaries behind us, the real hard work is about to begin. We have to prepare to campaign hard to win the next general elections in order to begin the difficult process of rescuing our country and its long-suffering people from this government.

So ask me anything. The greatest service you can do is to insist that I earn your trust through ideas, character, competence and integrity, not slogans. That is the kind of partnership I have come to build with you.