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Isa Ashiru emerges ADC governorship candidate in Kaduna
A two-time governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State, Isa Ashiru, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 general election.
Ashiru secured 86,113 votes in the party’s governorship primary election to clinch the ADC ticket.
Former Kaduna State Commissioner for Education under the administration of Nasir El-Rufai, Jafaru Sani, came second with 29,580 votes.
Other aspirants included Professor Muhammad San-Bello, a former Commissioner for Education under the administration of Uba Sani, who polled 13,559 votes; Ahmed Tijjani with 13,550 votes; and Shuaibu Mikati, who secured 10,819 votes.
Ashiru previously contested the Kaduna governorship election under the PDP platform in both 2019 and 2023.
He lost to El-Rufai in the 2019 election and later finished second behind Governor Uba Sani in the 2023 governorship contest after polling about 719,000 votes.
Meanwhile, the ADC governorship primary has also generated internal disagreements, with some House of Representatives aspirants rejecting the outcome of the party’s primaries in Kaduna State.
Speaking on behalf of the aggrieved aspirants, Samaila Makarfi described the exercise as a “sham” and called for a review of the process over alleged irregularities.
The development adds to growing tensions within several opposition parties as political alignments and primary contests intensify ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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