Kebbi Legion, Military Windows Associations Support Maryam Garba’s Leadership

By Kabir Dan-Katsina, Birnin Kebbi

Kebbi State chapter of the Nigerian Legion and Military Widows Association have pledged their support and loyalty to the newly elected chairperson of the Military Widows Association of the state, Hajiya Maryam Isah Garba.

Speaking to newsmen at a gathering of the bodies in Birnin Kebbi, State Chairman of the Legionnaires, Ahmed Shehu Matawalle, told the members that they have no alternative than to support the new chairperson of the Military Association, Maryam Garba since she elected under the constitution of the association.

The chairman warned that any member found causing trouble against the objective of peace and harmony would have no place in the association, citing example of the former chairperson of Military Widows Association who, despite losing election, refused to concede defeat.

He narrated that elections for MIWA was conducted successfully nationwide but only the defeated Kebbi leadership showed stubbornness and kept impersonating with just eight non-indigenes as her supporters, urging her and her members to return to their states of origin and join the same body.

The new chairperson, Maryam Isah Garba, thanked the members for finding her worthy to champion their course, observing that all members of the union nationwide only got registered in their states of origin, but the defeated chairperson and her kitchen cabinet after losing their husbands refused to return home.

“My coming into office was decided by majority votes. I thank them and will remain loyal to the Legion. Our chairman is an honest man. Initially the past chairperson used to only give us two or three thousand naira whenever the state government supported us financially but now we got twenty thousand each. We will consolidate on that,” she explained.

Both Ahmed Shehu and Maryam Garba have promised to support the re-election bid President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi state in 2027.