Senator Shehu Sani Set to Defect From PDP To APC, El-Rufai To PDP

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

All appear set for Senator  Shehu Sani,  social critic and former Senator,  Kaduna Central, to join forces with the All Progressive Congress, APC.

Indications to this effect emerged on Monday, September 23, 2024, following the defection of his followers from the PDP to the APC.

It will be recalled that Senator Sani contested the 2023  gubernatorial ticket of the PDP, but lost at the the primary stage.

The decampees ,in their thousands from across the 23 local councils of the State, arrived the APC Campaign Office on Muhammadu Buhari way, singing and hailing the name and praises of the former Senator.

Clutching the portraits of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and that of Senator Sani, the decampees were received by some APC chieftains.

Spokesperson for the defectors, Monday Jaji, informed that their efforts in the  last few months to convince Senator Sani about their position have, finally, yielded fruits.

According to him, they have finally convinced their leader on the need for them to return to the APC.

Jaji who was the Campaign Director to Sani during their sojourn in the Peoples Redemption Party PRP, noted that for two years, they have been pushing for their mentor and leader to defect to the APC due to his proven track record of performance while he held sway as a Senator between 2015 and 2019.

“When he was a Senator, Comrade Sani built seven hospitals across his constituency.

“He distributed over 200 transformers to communities, assisted the poor masses, and even bought a house for  destitutes along Kano road, Kaduna.

Shehu Sani built a hospital in Chikun and built three in Igabi Local Government, Rigachikun and Giwa Local Councils”, Jaji stated.

One of the decampees informed that in a few weeks time, Senator Sani will be formally joining the APC.

However, while he will be crossing over from the PDP to APC, his arch political opponent and immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai will be heading in the opposite direction.

The Source reports that the political disagreement between the two in the countdown to the 2019 election forced Senator Sani out of the APC, as well as  led to his replacement at the Senate with Ubah Sani now the State Governor.

An Impeccable source revealed that El-Rufai’s decision to join the PDP anytime soon is at the  root of the Senator’s resolve to defect to the APC .

The Kaduna State APC Chairman, Air Commodore Emmanuel Jekada (rtd ), while radiating happiness also expressed the optimism that the coming on board of the defectors will add value to the party in the State.