Browsing: Namadi Sambo

The ongoing charade across the country has again shown that we are not practicing the true democratic form of government as espoused by those from whom we picked the concept. Even before the real contest among the registered 18 political parties in the country, the process of picking and/or selecting party representatives has thrown up the reign of party delegates, who are currently smiling to the banks. To get nominated by your political party to serve your people as a member of the State House of Assembly alone, you must be ready to spend humongous amounts of money to settle delegates, who at the end of the day, end up collecting your money but voting for the highest spender.

Speaking about Saraki on Sunday, during the PDP’s aspirant’s visit to meet with Kaduna State leaders and delegates ahead of the PDP primaries, the former Vice-President, emphasized that he and Saraki served as Governors at the same time — since then, he has always known that Saraki cared about Kaduna State and the North West of the country.

Dr. Fayemi, who delivered a paper at the Daily Trust Dialogue, with the theme: “Twenty Years of Democratisation in Nigeria: Strengths, weaknesses and Opportunities,” in Abuja, also defended the establishment of the South West security outfit, Amotekun, saying it is in line with community policing or multi-layered policing, which is very effective in safety and crime prevention.

In the statement signed by his Media Adviser, Umar Sani, Sambo denied “some political posters surreptitiously being circulated on some social media platforms purporting to emanate from him suggesting that he has signified interest to join the presidential race under the umbrella of our great party the Peoples Democratic Party”.