Shehu Sanni, the senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has revealed that he is no longer a member of the All Progressives Congress.
Sani took the decision following the controversies which trailed the party’s primaries for the 2019 elections.
His decision comes few days after the national body of the APC submitted the name of Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s political adviser, Uba Sani, as the candidate to replace Sani’s senatorial district.
There is a deep-rooted animosity between the Kaduna State governor and Sani which can be dated to 2015 after their inauguration.
In August, Sani alongside Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi was accused of working against the progress of the party and the state in connivance. The duo was consequently suspended by the Kaduna state chapter on the APC.
While Hunkuyi dumped the party to the People’s Democratic Party, Sani remained in APC.
The decision by the APC to clear Sani as its only candidate to contest the Kaduna Central senatorial seat in 2019 may not be unconnected to an alleged deal reached to prevent him from dumping the ruling party at a time when it was hit by a gale of defection.
The decision was not well received by the governor who did not see the senator as an ally. The Kaduna APC on Saturday conducted primaries for the senatorial ticket. That election was won by Uba Sani, an aide to El-Rufai.
Until now, the national body of the party is yet to react to the election.
TNG recall El-Rufai had vowed to remove Shehu Sani from Senate despite meeting with Buhari, saying that he would only listen to the senator if he secures $350million loan for Kaduna State.
“As you all know, Shehu Sani is among the senators who denied Kaduna State access to loan. Since he has shown the people of Kaduna State this enmity, you must pay him back in his own coin at the primary election.
“For this, I personally asked Uba Sani to contest against him. So Uba Sani is my candidate”, El-Rufai disclosed this before the primary election.
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