Kaduna Governorship Election: Eight Political Parties Back PDP 

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*Say only Ashiru can unite state

By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna

Eight political parties have withdrawn from contesting the forthcoming governorship election in Kaduna State and have thrown  support and loyalty to the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Isa Ashiru.

Amb.Sanin Yaya, chairman Rescue and Rebuild Gubernatorial Candidates Forum for all gubernatorial candidates, while addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Monday,  said, “Today, we wish to announce our support and loyalty to Isah Muhammad Ashiru Kudan, the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP. We took this decision after extensive consultation with our party members as well as the good people of Kaduna State.”

He added, “This decision is borne out of our genuine desire to have one indivisible state irrespective of tribal or religious differences, and we are confident that Isah Ashiru Kudan is the only candidate that will unify the state.”

He explained that this can be seen from the manner of his campaign which is aimed at building Kaduna State, saying that  the selection of his running mate  has given fair representation to both Christians and Muslims who are the two major stakeholders in the state.  

He lamented that some desperate politicians have turned the political space into a hub of religious sentiments, stressing that Isah Ashiru chose to stand by issue based campaigns only. 

The chairman said, “I want to use this opportunity to remind the good people of Kaduna state of the hardship and pain inflicted on them by this APC  administration, from unjustified high rate of taxes to authoritative leadership and ego from increase of school fees to tertiary institutions to unlawful disengagement of teachers, local government staff and the removal of traditional rulers.”

“It is on these grounds that we call on our people to stay away from the apc  candidate who is only a puppet to his paymaster who will continue with their anti masses policy in the state,” he explained. 

The parties that have supported the PDP gubernatorial candidate are the Governorship candidates of the Youjg Progressive Party (YPP), Action Alliance (AA) Allied People’s Movement (APM), Action People’s Party (APP), All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)  National Rescue Movement (NRM), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Action Democratic Party (ADC).

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