The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Dahiru Liman, alongside the Deputy Speaker, Magaji Henry Danjuma, and the Majority Leader, Munira Suleiman Tanimu, have secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) tickets for their Constituencies.
They all got the tickets through consensus affirmation exercises conducted across Kaduna State.
Mr Liman was unanimously endorsed as the APC candidate for Makera Constituency during the party’s primary election attended by party officials, electoral officers, and supporters.
Announcing the result, the Returning Officer, Ezekiel Samuel Gode stated that Liman emerged unopposed after being adopted as the sole consensus candidate.
“Having received the affirmation results from the five voting areas and with no other contestant in the race, I hereby declare Liman Tahiru as the duly returned and affirmed candidate for the Makera State Constituency seat,” he said.
In the same vein, the Deputy Speaker, Mr Magaji Henry Danjuma emerged as the APC candidate for Kagarko Constituency following an unopposed affirmation process across the wards in the constituency.
The APC Returning Officer, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Apo Jere, formally declared Danjuma the winner at the local government collation centre after the exercise.
Similarly, the Majority Leader of the House, Munira Suleiman Tanimu, secured the APC ticket for Lere East Constituency after a peaceful affirmation exercise held in the constituency’s six wards.
The Returning Officer for Lere East, Aminu Yaro, officially declared her the party’s candidate at the conclusion of the exercise in Saminaka.
Meanwhile, in a bid to strengthen internal cohesion ahead of the 2027 general elections, several APC aspirants for Kaduna State House of Assembly seats voluntarily stepped down and endorsed the party’s consensus candidates.
Speaking on behalf of the aspirants in Kaduna, Dr. Abdulrazaq Shuaibu Labbo, an aspirant for Kaka/Gogi Constituency in Birnin Gwari, said; “the decision followed consultations and interventions by Governor Uba Sani aimed at promoting unity within the party.’
“We stand in full solidarity with the progressive leadership of Governor U a Sani and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to his successful re-election and the overall victory of the APC in Kaduna State and across the nation,” Labbo stated.
Among those who withdrew from the races were Dr. Abdulrazaq Shuibu Labbo (Kaka/Gogi, Birnin Gwari), Mustapha Adam (Giwa West), Deborah Musa (Lere West), Isah Nasidi (Doka/Gabasawa), and Kabiru Bale Ahmed (Kawo).
