A former Kaduna State governor, Balarabe Musa, has revealed how he was able to help coax Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani from defection.
It had widely been believed that Sani would dump the ruling party and move to the opposition after he identified with the lawmakers and stakeholders who were disgruntled with APC’s way of doing things.
According to Premium Times, Musa said to Sani; “I told him not to decamp from the party if he is only going to the PDP
“I did not ask him not to leave the APC. I only said that he should not defect to the Peoples Democratic Party.”
Sani had in an earlier interview stated that it was thanks to the words of Balarabe Musa, Bola Tinubu and Adams Oshiomhole that he decided not to cross-carpet.
“My defection was stopped by Asiwaju Tinubu, Oshiomhole and Balarabe Musa. First of all, they recognised and accepted the fact that an injustice has been done to me in Kaduna,”
“Balarabe Musa invited me to his house, cautioned and counselled me against defection. Asiwaju did the same thing. Adams Oshiomole reminded me of my activism and the struggles.”
Sani continued: “They drew my attention to the fact that all those who defected to the PDP were once PDP members. I don’t have the pedigree of PDP. I’m an activist,” he said. “The assurance they gave me was that everything will be sorted out. They assured me that they will intervene on issues which I raised. Because of that I could not defect.”