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APC always fair to old, new members, Kaduna gov tells defectors

The governor said that the party had come to stay in Kaduna State, the entire North and Nigeria as a whole.

• February 16, 2025
Governor Uba Sani[Credit: Governor Uba Sani X account]
Governor Uba Sani[Credit: Governor Uba Sani X account]

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, hs said the All Progressives Congress is one and will remain so till 2027 and beyond.

Mr Sani also assured the 50 political stalwarts that defected to the APC that they would enjoy the same rights and privileges like every other members of the party.

The governor spoke when he addressed the party supporters at the Murtala Square during a mega rally held on Saturday.

Mr Sani said that there was no difference between a party member that joined it recently and the ones that had been in APC 10 years ago.

He said: ‘’Someone who joined the APC today and the one who has been a foundation member 10  years ago, they are of the same status. They will enjoy the same rights and privileges.”

Mr Sani urged the defectors to notify their supporters  of APC’s readiness to accept them into the party as their doors were still open to accept more defectors.

According to him, the popularity and acceptability of APC is because of its just leadership at both the state and federal levels.

The governor added that the party had come to stay in Kaduna State, the entire North and Nigeria as a whole.

He stated ,‘’In the 2027 election, the electorate will vote for the APC in all the elections, from top to bottom. At the top, our leader, President Bola Tinubu will be re- elected. At the state level, the party will be voted for at the national and state asmsemblies elections, by the Grace of God,’l.

The governor promised that more projects would be executed in all the nooks and crannies of the state, irrespective of party affiliations and ethno-religious considerations.

He stated, “Politics is different from governance. We will be fair to all,  whether  or not they voted for us, because that is the oath of office that we swore to uphold as leaders.”

Mr Sani who argued that leaders were not infallible and they were bound to make mistakes like anyone, pleaded with the people to  always point out their mistakes with a view  to correcting them.

The governor reminded the APC faithful that the leaders would be held accountable in the hereafter regarding how they led the people whom God had entrusted on them.

Prominent among the detectors ho defected to the APC were a former governor of the state, Muktar Ramalan-Yero, Senator Shehu Sani, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Pary in the 2023 general elections and Sani Sha’aban, also former governorship candidate.

Others were Senator Danjuma Laah who represented Zone three at the Senate on the platform of the PeoppkmmmAbubakar Mustapha, former National Organising Secretary of the Peoples Democratic ParyulltnlSule Buba and a former Nigeria’s Envoy to South Korea.

(NAN)

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