Governor Uba Sani has assured 50 political stalwarts that defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State that they would enjoy the same rights and privileges every other party member enjoys.
The governor, who addressed a mammoth crowd of party supporters at a mega rally held at the Murtala Muhammed Square in Kaduna on Saturday, said that there was no difference between a party member that joined today and the ones that have been in APC 10 years ago.
He said: ‘’Someone who joins APC today and the one who has been a foundation member ten years ago, they are of the same status. They will enjoy the same rights and privileges.”
The governor told the decampees to notify their supporters of the readiness of the APC to accept them into the party as the door was still open to accept more defectors.
According to him, the popularity and acceptability of the party was due to the its just leadership at both the state and the federal levels, adding that the party has come to stay in Kaduna State, the entire North and Nigeria as a whole.
‘’In 2027 election, the electorate will vote for APC in all the elections, from top to bottom,” he said, adding, “At the top, our leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be elected.
“At the state level, the party will be voted for at the gubernatorial, national and state assembly elections, by the grace of God.”
The governor promised that projects would be executed in all the nooks and crannies of Kaduna State irrespective of party affiliations and ethno-religious considerations.
He said: ‘’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 were swore to uphold as leaders.”
Sani, who argued that leaders were not infallible and were bound to make mistakes like anyone, pleaded with the led to always point out their mistakes with a view to correct them.
He reminded the crowd that leaders would be held accountable in the hereafter regarding how they led the people whom God had entrusted to them.
Prominent amongst those who decamped to APC are former Governor Muktar Ramalan Yero, Senator Shehu Sani, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the gubernatorial candidate of the NNPP in the last election, and Alhaji Sani Sha’aban, a former gubernatorial candidate.
Others are Senator Danjuma Laah who represented Zone 3 at the upper legislative chamber on the platform of the PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Mustapha, a former National Organising Secretary of the PDP, and Ambassador Sule Buba, a former Nigerian envoy to South Korea.
