President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed displeasures at poor quality of his campaign stages and directed the campaign team to enhance the integrity of all the campaign daises,tents and stages.
The President’s directive in coming on the heels of another stampede attributed to poor quality job done on the campaign dais in Sokoto that left many party supporters dead.
The President, while reacting to the development has “ordered for increased structural integrity testing of all erections and fabrications such as dais, tents, stages, including electrical and other equipment.”
This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in which the President also expressed his condolences to the families of two other victims who died in a stampede in Sokoto State.
The Statement said Buhari expressed deep pain over the death of his supporters in Sokoto as well as in Jigawa State, where an auto accident led to the death of other All Progressive Congress APC, supporters who were on their way to attend campaign events.
Four persons were reportedly killed and six others injured in an auto accident involving party supporters who were going to attend the APC campaign in Jigawa.
The deaths are coming on the heels of a similar accident that claimed lives of Party supporters in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital, early this week.
The President has however assured that the sacrifices of the deceased will not be in vain.
According to the President, “The death of any party supporter touches me because these were poor Nigerians who made sacrifices to make Nigeria a better country by identifying with my change agenda.”
He stressed that, “I would never forget the sacrifices of these ordinary Nigerians who travelled long distances to attend my presidential campaign rallies.”
President Buhari noted that, “these ordinary Nigerians were the pillars of our democracy because without them, we, the politicians, become irrelevant.”
“Meanwhile, following the unprecedented wave of popularity of the President’s outdoor events, the Presidency has ordered for increased structural integrity testing of all erections and fabrications such as dais, tents, stages, including electrical and other equipment.”
