Boss Mustapha had requested the crowd to respond to his chanting of "Nigeria, Sai Buhari; Adamawa, Sai Bindow". The youth, however, refused and shouted: "Adamawa Sai Nyako", instead.
There was mild drama in Adamawa as youth openly rejected the re-election bid of Jibrilla Bindow, Governor of Adamawa State.
The drama almost disrupted an event held to flag-off a road project in the state, as a large crowd of supporters of the former governor, Murtala Nyako, booed the incumbent governor, Jibrilla Bindow, an indication that all may not be well for the governor's intention to contest for a second term.
It all started when Senator Abubakar Mohammed Mo-Allayidi urged the crowd to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC), a statement, which was greeted with grumblings and murmuring from the youth, who burst into loud shouts of “No! No! We don't want Bindow”.
It would seem Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), whose poor attempt to gauge the people's mood, agitated them, as Mustapha had requested the crowd to respond to his chanting of "Nigeria, Sai Buhari; Adamawa, Sai Bindow". The youth, however, refused and shouted: "Adamawa Sai Nyako", instead.
Mustapha, at the event, also accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of neglecting his community while in power for eight years.
Mustapha took a swipe at the former Vice-President, describing him as a “failed politician”.
He stated this during the flag-off of the N22 billion road project, leading through Atiku's home town, Jada, in Adamawa State.
He also urged communities in the area to be wary of politicians, whom he said "have failed to respect the people's mandate in the past".
Mustapha said: “This road was last rehabilitated in 1996, when President Muhammadu Buhari was Chairman of PTF and the road has remained dilapidated and abandoned for the past 22 years, until his intervention again.”
Mustapha Baba Shehuri, Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, who also spoke at the event, said: "The 112 kilometre Mayo Belwa-Jada-Ganye-Toungo Route A.8 traverses Jada town and terminates at Toungo. It serves as a vital link between Taraba State and the Republic of Cameroon, as well as the Mambilla Hydro Power Plant.”