Nine governorship candidates in Kaduna State have stepped down their ambition for the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
According to Blackbox Nigeria, the governorship candidates who stepped down include, Isa Adaamu Abdullahi, National Conscience Party (NCP), Alhaji Mohammed Sani Ahmed, Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), Arch. Kabir Ahmed Jibril, Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Alhaji Lawal Yusuf, United Party of Nigeria (UPN) and Bala Mohammed Yunusa, African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Others include Dr. Sani Abdulkadir, NNPP, Alhaji Mohammed Ribadu, APA, Garba Moh’d Suleiman, ACPN and Nayaya Mohammed Lawal, PDC.
The reason the candidates gave for adopting El-Rufai was that the aims and objectives of the APC candidate was in agreement with their set goals and so they see no reason to oppose him.
They said: “We the following gubernatorial candidates in the 2015 election schedule to take place on 11th April, 2015 after due consultation with our teeming and magnanimous supporters/ NEC members of our great parties we have unanimously and unequivocally resolved this day 9th April, 2015 to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial candidate in the 2015 general election, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
“Having duly, adequately and articulatively study the manifesto’s of the APC and seeing that it aim, objectives and principles are in complete compliance to our aspiration and desire to run for the gubernatorial election in our dear state such as security of life and property, economic empowerment, women and youth empowerment.‎
The nine guber candidates also called for their supporters to vote for for Malam Nasir El-Rufai of the APC on Saturday 11th, April 2015.