Naziru Ahmad Sarkin Waka, a popular Kannywood Artiste, has said that he was rejected N150 million and a car worth N80 million offered to him to dump the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.
Ahmad was one of the Hausa singers who composed campaign songs for Atiku’s campaign and has performed in his rallies across the North.
He composed the popular anti-APC song – ‘APC Sai Mun Bata Wuta…’
Speaking in a programme on the Hausa Service of DW, the Kannywood singer said he rejected the offer to dump Atiku for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu.
He said,
“I have prioritised national interest over personal interests,” Leadership Newspaper which monitored the programme quoted Ahmad as saying.
“I was asked to leave Atiku for another candidate and be paid the sum of N150 million in addition to a car worth N80 million but I rejected it.
“I rejected the offer because I know that Atiku will deliver good governance and save Nigeria from its current deplorable condition.
“How will I support Tinubu who is not healthy and physically fit? Our religion also admonishes us to choose healthy persons as leaders for it is one of the qualities of a good leader.”
