2027: El-Rufai’s ex-ally vows to deliver 11 Kaduna LGAs to APC

Bashir Sai’du, the former Chief of Staff and a political ally of ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El Rufai, has promised to deliver Zazzau emirate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general election to demonstrate his political clout.

Bashir, who recently defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) with his supporters, made the vow when the Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs, Isa Lawal, visited him at his residence.

Bashir pledged his full commitment to the APC, adding that he will prove to those who said that he left ADC alone that he defected with thousands of his supporters to the ruling party.

Bashir, who was also Commissioner of Finance during El-Rufai’s administration, said the result of the 2027 election will be different in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, vowing to exceed past records.

He promised that the APC will get more votes in Zaria than what the people gave former President Muhammadu Buhari in past elections, adding that there are about 3,091 people who are card carrying members of ADC from Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State who are about to join the APC.

The former Chief of Staff also said there are about 4,000 such people in some local governments, vowing that those people who doubt his capacity will witness his strength.

“I will not boast about my capacity in other areas but in the 11 local governments of Zazzau emirate, we will show our strength and no one has the kind of followers that we have,” he said.

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Bashir stated that he is equally politically grounded in Igabi and Kaduna South local governments as he is in Zaria local government.

Bashir said his supporters are not just run-of-the-mill politicians but people who can be trusted.

He added: “We will prove that Allah has endowed us with supporters and these people believe in us politically. We have been meeting and fashioning out modalities of how we will win elections.

“This will not preclude the state government from planning independently. When the time comes, if there is the need to blend with us, fine. If you want us to plan concurrently and we meet at the polls, it is also ok.”