Why I chose Kano for my Colloquium — Tinubu

Former Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said the choice of Kano for his 12th colloquium and 69th birthday was to prove that Nigerians are one.

He said it was douse ethnic tension and promote peaceful co-existence.

The All Progressives Congress(APC) chieftain said Nigerians were better off together, faulting secessionists groups’ agitations.

He said: “Why are we in Kano? It is to demonstrate to Nigerians at this critical time. It is because there is a Fulani man, a herder man who gave his daughter to a farmer, Yoruba man. And that Fulani, that Yoruba (sic), and some people are agitating wrongly.

“If we can encourage support to go and spend a couple of days with my brother an in-law in Kano and demonstrate that he has not quarreled with me, he has not seceded from Nigeria, I didn’t need a passport or visa to get to Kano, maybe others will have peace of conscience, live in peace and harmony and be loving to one another. That is what Ganduje and I are showing to Nigerians and that is the purpose of this colloquium end of story.”

He added: “All of you here should thank Ganduje for what we have been able to show Nigerians together. That a Fulani man and a Yoruba man can show the entire nation that in harmony, we can show Nigerians that perseverance creates understanding. It is a common blood that flows through our veins.”