PRESENCE OF HIGH SECURITY AS TINUBU BEGINS RALLY IN JOS

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BY DAMILOLA LAWRENCE

At the Rwang Pam Township Stadium there was high presence of security. the stadium was the venue for Tuesday’s rally for the All Progressives Congress,presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Jos, Plateau State.

The security team comprises of soldiers, policemen, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and Federal Road Safety Corps, who were seen securing major routes leading into the venue.

The venue had come alive with activities As early as 9am, as party supporters trooped into the stadium wearing colourful ‘aso ebi’ that had the faces of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima and were entertained by local disc jockeys and drummers.

Meanwhile, the Director of Media and Publicity for the PCC, Bayo Onanuga, said that the campaign in Jos would be a festival of sort being the official kick off of Tinubu’s first rally.

He also disclosed that the rally would be attended by virtually all members of the PCC, the President, Muhammadu Buhari, members of the Progressive Governors Forum and the APC women campaign team. Reacting to the heavy presence of security operatives at the venue, Onanuga said “it is normal.”

He said, “The local organising committee is fully in charge. We are just going there as guests. In all our engagements so far, the committee in each state is always responsible for arrangements including security.

“Don’t forget, the president is coming too because this is the first rally we are having. But you are aware we have been campaigning before now. This is the very festival of the campaign.

“All of us in the PCC directorates are going there in our aso ebi including the women campaign team,” he said.