By our Reporter
The family of the late Senator Godiya Akwashiki has distanced itself from reports of endorsing any candidate for the upcoming Nasarawa North Senatorial by-election, except Mr. Labaran Maku of the Labour Party.
In a statement signed by Mr. Anza Jehu Yunana, the family said it would not go back on its earlier position. Mr. Yunana, who spoke on behalf of the family, said the decision to support Maku was to honour the expressed wish of the late senator.
“My late brother, Distinguished Senator Godiya Akwashiki, left a will recommending that after his death the family should only support His Excellency Mr. Labaran Maku to succeed him,” Mr. Yunana stated. “That is exactly what we did through our father, the biological father of the late senator.”
He noted that among the contenders in the by-election, including Barr. Danladi En-vulanza of the APC and David Emmanuel Ombugadu of the PDP, the family settled on Maku because of his record as a politician who puts people and the state first, a trait the family said Akwashiki also embodied.
Mr. Yunana added that Maku’s antecedents have earned him the Hausa appellation _Mutumin Kirki_, meaning “a man of integrity”.
He urged voters in Nasarawa North Senatorial District to disregard social media reports claiming the Akwashiki family had endorsed any candidate other than Mr. Labaran Maku of the Labour Party.
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