A Kano state perennial gubernatorial candidate in North-Western Nigeria Malam Salihu Sagir Takai says his plan to decamp from the People’s Redemption Party PRP is not his decision but a collective will of his teeming supporters.
Malam Salihu Sagir Takai stated this in an Interview with his media aid by the Nigerian Tracker Malam Abdullahi Musa Huguma.
Malam Takai said since he joined politics people are calling him to come and serve his state, noting that the same scenario made him contest the office of Kano state governor in 2011,2015, and 2019.
Recently there have been media reports in Kano about the possible defection of Malam Salihu Sagir Takai to either APC or the PDP.
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But in a long interview with Abdullahi Musa Huguma said Malam Salihu Sageer Takai was fielded by the ANPP in 2011 but when he could not make it his teeming supporters urged him to soldier on and be in politics so that he will impact on the lives of the people.
Of all the three contests by Malam Takai as Governor of Kano state, he has never bought a single form as people who are convinced and his capability have bought nominations form for him.
He said even when he could not get a PDP ticket in the 2019 general elections Malam Takai was not the one who said he must go to the Peoples Redemption Party and contest the election.
People from different walks of life and from the 44 local governments including the academics who are supporting Malam Takai decided to pick three political parties at which they settle for PRP.
‘’Even when we are about to decamp to PRP in 2019, Malam Takai said we should not go back to PRP with the aim of contesting gubernatorial election but in the end, the Party executives decided to field Malam Salihu Sagi Takai as Kano state PRP Gubernatorial candidate” said Huguma.
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Accordingly, after the 2019 general elections, Malam Takai’s supporters have been trooping to him to change a party as Nigeria prepare for the 2023 election, and committees for actualizing the move have been formed to choose popular political parties where Malam Salihu Sageer Takai will carve a niche for himself.
Currently, the former Gubernatorial candidate will decide to either decamp to his two former parties of PDP or APC according to Malam Huguma his spokesperson.
Malam Salihu Sageer Takai served as commissioner for water resources and local government in the Malam Ibrahim Shekarau Administration before anointing him to succeed him during the 2011 elections.
Since then Malam Salihu Sagir Takai has been contesting the governorship elections in Kano.
