Shehu Sani has expressed his opinion on the issue of groups allegedly buying nomination forms for politicians to contest election, saying he turned down groups who had approached him pleading to do the same on his behalf.
Shehu Sani who is a Senator from Kaduna State in a social media message released on Monday, insists he will never be a party to the deception currently going on, where by those (mostly youths) struggling for daily bread are supposedly buying forms for politicians, a trend he referred to as ‘political deception’.
Shehu Sani while saying all these, also touched on some politicians who have cried publicly when picking up their forms, saying he is an activist and not an actor and will not deceive his people.
He said he was approached to perform same thing where he was given an handkerchief and pepper to wipe his face with when picking his nomination form, a move which he said he turned down, and the alleged politicians appreciated him for his honesty.
Taking to his social media a few hours ago, he said:
A politician and a friend gave me a pepper and a Handkerchief to rub on my face so as to shed tears ‘on the plight of the masses’’when I’m collecting and submitting my nomination form.I politely turned him down.I told him that I’m an activist and not an actor.
A group of youth struggling for daily bread approached me that I should permit them to announce that they bought a nomination form for me,as part of the political tradition,I politely declined.I don’t want to be in the league of that deceptive political tradition.They agreed.
The Senator who did not mention names, sure have those he might be pointing fingers at closed to his chest, and in the last few weeks we all have seen the trend of buying of forms by alleged group, while others have cried in public while picking up their nomination forms and as why they want to rule Nigeria.
Senator Shehu Sani has picked his nomination form under the APC as he prepares to battle it out with the Governor of his state, Governor El Rufai, who allegedly threatened to replace him and other Senators come 2019 elections.