₦airaland Forum

A two-time former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Isa Ashiru, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the state ahead of the 2027 general election.

The former lawmaker, who represented Makarfi/Kudan Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, scored 86,113 votes to clinch the party’s ticket.

A former Commissioner of Education under the administration of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Jafaru Sani, came second with 29,580 votes.

Other aspirants included the immediate past Commissioner for Education under the administration of Governor Uba Sani, Professor Muhammad San-Bello, who polled 13,559 votes; Ahmed Tijjani, who secured 13,550 votes; and Shuaibu Mikati, who got 10,819 votes.

Ashiru was the PDP governorship candidate in both the 2019 and 2023 governorship elections in Kaduna State.

He lost to former Governor Nasir El-Rufai in 2019 and also finished second behind incumbent Governor Uba Sani in 2023 after polling 719,000 votes.

Meanwhile, some House of Representatives aspirants in Kaduna State under the platform of the African Democratic Congress have rejected the outcome of the party’s primaries, alleging irregularities in the process.

Addressing a news conference, the leader of the aggrieved aspirants, Samaila Makarfi, described the exercise as a sham and “totally unacceptable,” calling for a review of the entire process.

Akpakomiza2:
Just like in 2019, 2023 he will still lose. He is the regular customer of kaduna state.

slivertongue:
Allow those there to respond to your thread. Don't lead the discourse

Akpakomiza2:
I can do the launching or trailblazing

slivertongue:
Allow folks in kd and NW to lead. NL should engender discourse that educates. The party this party that doesn't often help

Akpakomiza2:
I am assessing Uba Sani and kudan from a personality angle

Akpakomiza2:
Just like in 2019, 2023 he will still lose. He is the regular customer of kaduna state.

AMINDA:
Uba Sani "won" the last election by less than 10,000 votes. Do with that what you will.

Akpakomiza2:
Now that he has won over southern kaduna, it will be easier

AMINDA:
Is that what you have been told? Southern Kaduna largely voted LP in 2023. With the alignment with Isah Ashiru, Elrufai's base has simply merged with the traditional PDP bloc that transcended both Northern and Southern Kaduna. Beyond propaganda, Uba Sani has been very lacklustre and uninspiring. He has performed woefully and all his promises to Southern Kaduna are still uncompleted and abandoned. The quality of his projects also leave much to be desired. They are very substandard and do not compare to Elrufai's.

Akpakomiza2:
This is very untrue. Sani has outperformed El rufai. He has sited more projects in SK more than any other governor. Rufai hardly had any project in SK that is why he was hated. You hardly hear of insecurity. For the first time ever, APC cleared southern kaduna which gave Kudan his largest votes in the last cycle. Most of those that supported Kudan have abandoned him.

AMINDA:
Lol. List the projects that he has carried out in Southern Kaduna. Anyways time is a gentleman.

Akpakomiza2:
I don't have that time. Tell us why southern kaduna have started supporting APC.

AMINDA:
The same reason why Bishop Hassan Kukah has suddenly gone mute. Go figure!

Ofunaofu:
You heard that advice from a Nairalander: allow the folks in Kaduna and the North-West to lead the discourse....they know better. Don't come pocking your nose in from Edo with that "Edo is shining" political alawada mentality.

AMINDA:
Uba Sani "won" the last election by less than 10,000 votes. Do with that what you will.

sleek214:
Next governor of Kaduna state

markfemi1:
Uba Sani lost the election.
We were all on this forum when Isa Ashiru was leading and all of a sudden they did their abracadabra.
I know El Rufai regrets that action till date.

Akpakomiza2:
This is very untrue. Sani has outperformed El rufai. He has sited more projects in SK more than any other governor. Rufai hardly had any project in SK that is why he was hated. You hardly hear of insecurity. For the first time ever, APC cleared southern kaduna which gave Kudan his largest votes in the last cycle. Most of those that supported Kudan have abandoned him.