I WILL CONTEST FOR KADUNA GUBER RACE AGAINST EL-RUFAI IN 2019, SANI DECLARES
I WILL CONTEST FOR KADUNA GUBER RACE AGAINST EL-RUFAI IN 2019, SANI DECLARES
Human
rights activist and senator representing Kaduna Central Zone, Shehu Sani, has
said that the days of Governor Nasir El-Rufai in office are numbered following
his decision to contest against him in the 2019 governorship election.
Besides,
Sani also said that he would soon officially decamp from the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) to one of the opposition parties where he will vie
for the post to challenge El-Rufai.
The
senator, who spoke in an interview at the weekend, said the attacks and
killings by Boko Haram insurgents and Fulani herdsmen would affect the
political fortune of the APC during the presidential and governorship elections
in many states.
According
to him: “It was very clear that the results of the recently-conducted local
council elections in Kaduna State did not reflect what happened.
Even,
there was no ward congress in the state; they just wrote list of names and
submitted and this situation has worsened the internal crisis among those who
used their money to buy forms.
“Let it
be known to Governor El-Rufai that I am contesting against him in 2019
governorship election in the state. The election will not be conducted by the
state electoral commission.
It will
be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and every
Nigerian shall defend their votes openly.”
In
another development, the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission
(NASIEC) yesterday declared that the APC won in all the 13 local councils in
the state.
Chairman
of NASIEC, Henry Omaku, who announced the results of the election at the
commission’s headquarters in Lafia, said: “The All Progressives Congress has
pulled the highest votes in all the 13 local councils and declared winner.”