Sani said: “Two delegates voted for me without paying them kobo, But I have received over 300 calls from different delegates claiming that they are the two.”
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
An aspirant in yesterday’s governorship primary on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Shehu Sani, received only two votes in the election. He, however, said at least 300 delegates called him, all claiming to be among the two that voted for him.
Sani, a human rights activist and former lawmaker that represented Kaduna Central in the Senate, said each of the callers claimed to have voted for him.
Sani said: “Two delegates voted for me without paying them kobo; But I have received over 300 calls from different delegates claiming that they are the two that voted for me and want to come and see me…See me se wahala abeg.”
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Recall that the PDP guber candidate in the 2019 governorship contest in Kaduna State, Isa Mohammed Ashiru, again picked the party’s 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 Kaduna 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.
Sani had said he would not bribe delegates to vote for him a day to the vote. “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,” he said.
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.”