Shehu Sani declares for Kaduna governorship under PDP

Senator Shehu Sani has declared interest in the governorship seat of Kaduna state come 2023.

The senator who represented Kaduna Central between 2015 and 2019 made his intention known when he featured on a radio programme by Invicta FM.

Sani a strong critic of the Malam Nasir el-Rufai’s administration called on the people of Kaduna to remove any anointed candidate of the state governor. He enjoined them that if they can vote a Malam, then “what remains now is to have a comrade as a governor so as to see the difference between us”.

Shehu Sani who represented Kaduna Central between 2015 and 2019, disclosed this during an interview on Invicta FM, a radio station.

According to him, he would be contesting on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He said “We sat with my loyalists and supporters and they wanted me to contest the governor of Kaduna state which I will do to remove APC, God willing; to remove anointed candidate of the state governor and to enter Government house where Comrade will be sworn in as the next governor that will bring changes, that will clean all the dirt they brought in the state in the name of development.

“I will bring security. This is what my supporters wanted and I trust them. So, I will contest the governorship seat under the PDP.

“Therefore, I call on the people of Kaduna to support and collaborate with me.

“I also solicit for their prayers; I need the prayers of religious leaders, marketers, physically challenged, women and youths. You voted for Malam as Governor what remains now is to have a comrade as a governor so as to see the difference between us.

“You must reject the anointed candidate of those who demolished your houses. Support us to see how we form a government that respects the will of the poor in the state,” he said.

He added that as a contestant he doesn’t have money to share to delegates to vote for him, warning the people that money politics is what brought the country into “the mess under the ruling party”.

He said if the masses decide to vote for him, with or without money, he would win.