WRITTEN By David Ayuba Azzaman
In 2011 when Late Patrick Yakowa contested for the governorship of KADUNA state under the People’s Democracy Party PDP . All southern KADUNA sons and daughters all over the world who registered to vote came back home to vote. At least if I don’t know anybody I knew a lady from Kagarko LGA who came all the way from England just to vote for PATRICK Ibrahim Yakowa. It is no surprised all the bulk votes of Southern KADUNA Senatorial Zone about 900,000 votes went to Late Patrick Yakowa who at the end of the election got far above 1.4m votes and he won. Don’t forget we have Southern KADUNA people in Lere in the Northern Senatorial Zone and Chikun, Kajuru and Birnin Gwari in the Central Senatorial Zone. In 2011 Southern KADUNA we are not under any threat even if we are it’s minimal but we were able to mobilise ourselves , unite and give one person our bulk votes.
In 2015 many of us refused to vote because we felt nothing is at stake. We refused to rally round Polycarp Gankon the candidate of APGA and those of us that voted shared our votes between Ramallan Yero PDP and Nasir Elrufai APC and our votes became very insignificant compared to other election years 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 when our votes determined who became the governor of KADUNA state.
In 2019 we are being faced with a strange policy of Muslim Muslim ticket introduced by the incumbent governor who doesn’t hide his hatred for Christianity He says it, he acts it and he implements it. The implications of his policies if achieved will mean that Governors after Nasiru Elrufai will follow suit. A time will also come when they will out rightly tell us we don’t have David Ayuba Azzaman in Kaduna State. At that time our children even though Christians have to adopt names like Muhammad, Jamilu or Abubakar just like what the Hausa Christians are going through in Katsina, Kano, Jigawa and Zamfara states etc. And I believe you know what that means. Therefore if we don’t want our Children and Grand Children generation to say their father’s and Grand father’s generation are a useless generation we better wake up now. And it’s no anytime but this 2019 election ; it’s very crucial. If you have not made up your mind as a Christian in Kaduna State not only Southern Kaduna you better do. We have close to 600,000 non indigenous people of Kaduna State and are Majority Christians in Kaduna this clarion call is also for you.
I will call on all Southern Kaduna sons and daughters and non indigenes of Kaduna to take this 2019 elections more serious than 2011. Even if you live in Jupiter not only America come back home to vote for the sake of our Children and even those yet to be born. Our action and inaction will affect us positively or negatively for a very long time if we don’t come all out and vote. Negative Government policies can have a very long lasting effect if not challenged. Please let’s all come out and challenge this by our votes.
I noticed Ashiru Kudan is popular amongst us. I will advise the stake holders in Southern Kaduna and Christian leaders in Kaduna to seat with him put it in pen and paper if possible with legal backing. Ask him some of the negative policies of Elrufai against Southern Kaduna and Christians such as the changing of nomenclature of our traditional institutions , the religious bill though yet to be implemented; the sacking of our traditional rulers and district heads etc will he reverse them. Will he compensate the victims of Fulani herdsmen killings, will he revisit the issue of sacked workers in the state? These are some questions out of many demands we should put down for him. We should not be just after who becomes his Campaign Director this or that. This is the time we start negotiating not after the victory is achieved.
As I said before and I say it now again; I will never vote anybody who instead of bringing development to me and my people will bring us
deaths and destruction. I just pray if Ashiru Kudan wins he will have the heart of Dankwambo of Gombe. A detribalised Governor who sees both Christians and Muslims as his own. I was in Gombe and I saw it ; not like this wicked Pharaoh in Kaduna right now.
We shall celebrate victory of freedom over tyranny.
