The race to succeed Governor Atiku Bagudu is mainly between the candidates of the ruling APC and the main opposition PDP.
Saturday’s governorship election in Kebbi State, North-west Nigeria, promises to be one of the most keenly contested in the history of the 31- year-old state.
However, the chances of the ruling party retaining the governorship seat of the state appear to be slim. Several factors account for this.The ruling APC in Kebbi State is enmeshed in several crises, some of which have resulted in some of its prominent members defecting to other parties. Messrs Aliero and Yahaya, alongside their followers, defected to the PDP where they sought re-election. Although the senators met stiff opposition in their new party with a series of legal battles against their candidacies, the Supreme Court judgement affirming them as candidates changed the face of the contest and put the APC under pressure and uncertainty.
The lawmakers also invited the governor to appear before them to explain how he spent about N19 billion of federal government loans they approved for the state in 2021. The APC, on its part, got three seats – Baguio/Suru federal constituency, Fakai/Sakaba/Wasagu/Danko Wasagu/Zuru federal constituency and Ngaski/Shanga/Yauri federal constituency.
“I am calling on the people of Kebbi State, especially the members of the APC, together with our family members and supporters we have done our best and voted for Governor Bagudu hoping for good things to happen but this is the worst government in the history of Kebbi State. Unlike in other banditry-prone states in the North-west and North-central zones, governors, government officials and politicians unofficially donate money for the release of their abducted people in Kebbi. Mr Bagudu merely visits IDP Camps without releasing money to them.
Mr Badugu had insisted that his successor must come from Kebbi Central despite the fact that the southern senatorial district has yet to produce the state governor since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999. Kebbi North has six local government areas. Four of these are in the Argungu Emirate, comprising Argungu, Augie, Arewa and Dandi. The other two, Bagudo and Suru, are in Gwandu Emirate.
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