The eerie calm in the security and socio-political space of Kaduna State, on Monday, burst into cataclysmic political excitement never seen since the death of its former governor, Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, and the swearing-in of his deputy, Alh. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, last December, to succeed him.
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Three closely linked events took place. And they may well set the agenda that would profoundly determine the fortunes or otherwise of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, in the state and that of the characters that ride on it.
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First, like bad dream turn real, Vice President Namadi Sambo, whose outings in the last three polls in the state showed that he could not win even his own street and ward, woke up to find that the. party had developed a very bitter faction that announced its loyalty to the Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led "New" PDP'.
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This would make his political relevance both in the state, the North-west and, by extension, the entire North come to question when viewed from the fact that out of the seven "rebel" governors of the ruling party, six are from the North, with four from the North-west. And now his own state had joined the fray, with him seemingly looking helpless.
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The woes of the Vice President in a series of events, last week, started with the press statement by Alhaji Audi Yaro Makama -Kaduna State PDP Chairman (2001-2007) and Gideon Yakubu Morik, member, Kaduna State House of Assembly (1999-2007) and Chairman, Jema'a Local Government Council Area of Kaduna State (2007 – 2010).
I just hope everything is resolved soon!