Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi, representing the Kaduna South Senatorial District has said that he will contest for the governorship of Kaduna State in the 2019 election to send the present governor, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai to where he belongs.
He declared: “my mind is already made up to contest the position of governorship come 2019 and send Malam Nasir el-Rufai to where he rightfully belongs.”
The Senator, who held a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kaduna Central Senatorial District at NUT Endwell Hotel said: “for this reason, this meeting has been convened to inform you of such plans.”
Even though the meeting was disrupted by suspected political thugs who stormed the venue, breaking car windshields before policemen shot into the air to disperse them, Hunkuyi, asked members of the party to beware of plans to impose delegate on the APC at the forthcoming State congress.
Senator Hunkuyi asked his supporters to resist any attempt at selecting delegates at the forthcoming ward and local government congresses of the party, saying that delegates must emerge through election.
“There are perfected plans against ensuring that congresses do not hold to elect delegates through election but to read out names to be affirmed as delegates by the government in power.
“This meeting is also aimed at informing you, plans by the government not to allow Congresses where delegates will be elected but to bring out names written from government house to be affirmed as delegates.
“Don’t allow yourselves to be used and dumped again, let’s join forces together to send packing this government of the state who has meted injustice to people and have no iota of regard to peoples right and feelings.”
He asked the stakeholders of the party from the zone to constitute committee members of unquestionable characters and bring out trustworthy persons to contest as Ward, local and state delegates, assuring that he will support such contestants. [myad]
