Sani resigned from the APC in October 2018 following controversies surrounding the party’s primaries.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former Kaduna Central Senatorial District lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has explained his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme, on Friday, Sani attributed his return to the ruling party to the efforts of Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani who spearheaded reconciliation talks across the state.
Sani resigned from the APC in October 2018 following controversies surrounding the party’s primaries. He later joined the PDP and secured its senatorial ticket but lost the 2019 election to Sani, the current Kaduna governor.
After years in opposition, he formally rejoined the APC on February 16 alongside other members from the PDP and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
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During the interview, Sani emphasised his role as a founding member of the APC in Kaduna, highlighting his contributions to building the party’s structures. He also cited political and personal differences with former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai as reasons for his departure in 2018.
“A circumstance led to our mass exit from the APC sometime in 2018, and that circumstance has changed, and then we rejoined the APC in Kaduna state,” he explained.
“First of all, I was a founding member of APC, particularly in Kaduna state. We established structures, and we did the campaigns and won the 2015 elections both at the senatorial and the governorship levels; somewhere along the way, we parted ways with the governor (Nasir el-Rufai) in the state.”
Sani noted that Governor Sani’s inclusive approach to governance and reconciliation played a key role in his decision to return.
