Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has assured the 50 decampees who joined the ruling All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State that they will enjoy the same rights and privileges as every other party member.
The Governor made this declaration while addressing party supporters at Murtala Square in Kaduna during a mega rally on Saturday. He emphasized that there is no distinction between a party member who joins today and those who have been in the APC for ten years.
‘’Someone who joins 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,” he said.
Governor Uba Sani urged the decampees to inform their supporters of the APC’s readiness to welcome them into the party, noting that the doors remain open to accept more defectors. He attributed the popularity and acceptability of the APC to its just leadership at both the state and federal levels, asserting that the party has firmly established itself in Kaduna State, the entire northern region, and Nigeria as a whole.
‘’In the 2027 election, the electorate will vote for APC in all the elections, from top to bottom. At the top, our leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be elected. At the state level, the party will be voted for in the gubernatorial, National, and State Assembly elections, by the Grace of God,’’ he said.
The Governor pledged that projects would be executed in every corner of Kaduna State, regardless of party affiliations or ethno-religious considerations. He stressed the importance of fairness in governance, stating, ‘’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.’’
Governor Uba Sani acknowledged that leaders are not infallible and are bound to make mistakes like anyone else. He appealed to the people to always point out these mistakes so they can be corrected. He also reminded the crowd that leaders would be held accountable in the hereafter for how they led the people entrusted to them by God.
Prominent among those who decamped to the APC are former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Muktar Ramalan Yero; Senator Shehu Sani; Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the gubernatorial candidate of the NNPP in the last election; and Alhaji Sani Shaaban, a former gubernatorial candidate. Others include Senator Danjuma Laah, who represented Zone Three in the upper legislative chamber on the platform of the PDP; Alhaji Abubakar Mustapha, former National Organising Secretary of the PDP; and Ambassador Sule Buba, former Nigeria’s envoy to South Korea.
