Shehu Sani, senator representing
Kaduna central, has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC).
The lawmaker took the decision
following the controversies which trailed the party’s primaries for the 2019
elections.
Sani has sent his resignation
letter to the chairman of the APC in ward 6, Tudun wada north, Kaduna.
“I present to you my highest compliments and
wish by this communication to formally offer to you my resignation from the All
Progressives Congress (APC),” read the letter seen by TheCable.
“l had joined the APC and
remained with it against all odds in the belief that it will constitute a
veritable platform for the realization of those democratic ideals which I hold
very dear, that honor and integrity will be the ultimate ethos of the patty
and, most importantly, that internal party democracy will always be the norm.
However, only posterity can affirm the extent to which the APC has committed to
and reflected these values.
“As I exit the APC at this point in
time. I wish to formally thank the party for availing me the platform upon
which I am currently serving this country in the honoured capacity of Senator
of the Federal Republic.
“I wish the party well in all her
future endeavors and ask sir, that you please accept the assurance of my
highest considerations.”
The national working committee
(NWC) of the APC had cleared Shehu Sani as the only candidate for the
senatorial district but Nasir el-Rufai, governor of the state, kicked against
it.
Subsequently, a primary election
was conducted in the district and Uba Sani, the preferred candidate of
el-Rufai, was declared winner.
The serving senator had boycotted
the primary and filed an appeal and the party upheld his appeal but the name of
el-Rufai’s candidate was sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC).
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