Independent MP-elect for Salaga undecided on support in run-off

Mr Boniface Abubakar Saddique, member of parliament-elect for Salaga said on Thursday that he has not yet decided to support any of the presidential candidates in the run-off on December 28.

Mr Saddique, who stood as Independent candidate in the December 7 general election, said his executive members would soon take a decision after consultations and negotiations with the parties in contention.

''We will support any candidate who will give priority to the welfare of the people'', he said in an interview with the GNA after a victory procession by his supporters at Salaga.

The supporters who came from all over the constituency converged at the office of the MP-elect drumming and dancing to depict the ethnic and cultural diversity of the constituency.

Some of them told the GNA that they would go along with Mr Saddique's choice.

They described the new MP as somebody who can unite the constituency, which has been divided along ethnic and clan lines.