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By Lola Idahosa, Kaduna
Three different concerned groups from Southern Kaduna has kick against the endorsement of Senator Zego Haruna Aziz as the sole PDP gubernatorial aspirant from the zone to go into the primaries with the incumbent Governor and Lawal Samaila Yakawada.
In an interview with some Journalists in Kaduna, spokesperson for the youths, Hon. Victor Bobbai Matthew, former Special Assistant to three Governors on youths matter, Governor Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Namadi Sambo and the Late Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa said that no political group has the right in the zone to speak except the Deputy Governor.
He said “only the Deputy Governor has the right to speak because he is from our zone and our leader, the leadership of our party is not aware of such meeting that endorse Senator Aziz”
Those that endorsed him are just a group of his friends and such friends are not even card carrying members of PDP”
“We from Southern Kaduna are ready to give the five million votes to President Goodluck Jonathan and who ever emerges as our PDP Governorship Candidate after the primaries.” He assured.
Shu’aibu Yayock ,former chairmanship aspirant, Kaura LGA (Zangon Kataf) and Dr Khalin Wujat Concerned PDP Member Youths & Students Political Forum, said Kaduna State is heterogeneous in nature and should not be seen as an exclusive preserve of the Southern Kaduna people.
“It is on this note that we condemn the position of the so-called “Azeez Elders’ Forum”, whose selfish motives kills our togetherness, destroys our value & democratic ethics of the making of a Southern Kaduna governor. Nevertheless, the mistakes of the past can be learnt from, and new democratic practices that will guarantee the birth of a new future for Southern Kaduna can be administered”.
He said that in order to secure the political future for Southern Kaduna we recommendations that Southern Kaduna should maintain the mainstream politics of the PDP.
According to them, “Southern Kaduna should support and encourage the Goodluck administration and should encourage inclusive politics rather than exclusive vis-à-vis Azeez’s propaganda”
“Southern Kaduna military elite should come up with a security blueprint to safeguard and protect the integrity of our communities not dabbling into political waters and thereby overheating the polity, youths should coexist with youths from other zones in order to actualize socio-political and economic development of the state”
“Southern Kaduna youths should not be used as tools to score cheap political points” he said
He maintained that the Deputy Governor Ambassador Nuhu Audu Bajoga is the only political leader from the southern zone and therefore called on his people to rally round him and encourage him towards purposeful leadership in the zone.
‘We also called on our aspiring politicians to learn the principles of negotiation, play politics without bitterness, always remember the socio-economic position of the zone and uphold the principles of political values.’
Also speaking is Ibrahim Sunday Modeccai, aspirant contesting for Kaduna State House of Assembly, said this is democracy and people are free to exercise their right.
According to him, “let’s do things that are right, let’s do things that will bring peace and leave sentiment aside”
“All the contestants have the right to contest and they should all be given right to contest”
“God has made us to live together and we will continue to live together” he said.
It will be recalled that on the 27th of November different groups namely Southern Kaduna Christian leaders council, Northern Christian Elders forum, Sokapu, Southern Kaduna Indigenes Progressive forum, Southern Kaduna Peace Initiatives, Gurara Forum and various Kaduna Youth groups, NGOs and major stakeholders met in kafanchan to settled for Senator Zego Aziz as the sole PDP gubernatorial aspirant from the Southern Kaduna zone to go into primaries.
About four aspirants are in the race from Southern Kaduna zone contesting for the governorship election.
…Endorsement of Aziz:I’m certainly Not Party To That-Hassan Hyat
By Lola Idahosa, Kaduna
Governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Hassan Hyat has said that he is not part of the recent endorsement by some religious groups saying that he is still very much in the race.
He stated this in a telephone chat with Newsdiaryonline insisting that Senator Zego Haruna Aziz is on his own.
According to him, “I’m certainly not a party to that; it is not a decision of Southern Kaduna as SOKAPU is the only mouth piece of Southern Kaduna. The issue is also political and involves the state and not just a section”.
“It is equally not a religious issue for any religious leader to sign any press release” he said.
He however call on his supporters to ignore such endorsement, and that all aspirants from the zone contesting for governorship seat are still very much in the race.
