Shehu Sani said two delegates voted for him without taking money, describing the votes as ‘clean.’ He said he doesn’t know who they are.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2019 Kaduna governorship contest, Isa Mohammed Ashiru, has picked the party’s guber ticket for the 2023 election.
Ashiru polled 414 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Sani Sidi, a former director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who scored 260 votes.
Ramalan Yero, a former governor of the state, secured 28 votes, Sani Abbas had 15 votes, Haruna Saeed, a former accountant general in the state, got 11 votes while Senator Shehu Sani has two votes.
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Few days to the votes, Shehu Sani said he was not going to pay any delegate for vote.
He had said: “I will NOT pay any (PDP) delegate to vote for me and no one should pay for me to be voted. I welcome votes based on my agenda for the good people of Kaduna state. We can’t build or develop our country through a dishonest leadership recruitment system.”
After losing the governorship primary, Shehu Sani thanked the two delegates who voted for him without taking money.
He said: “The Kaduna PDP Governorship primaries has been concluded.I lost and Honourable Isah Ashiru won.I wish to congratulate him.Two Delegates voted for me without giving them a dime; unfortunately, I don’t know who they are so that I can appreciate these clean votes.We look forward..”
