I refused to stay in a house that will collapse on me – Prof.Yahaya
Jethro Yerga, Jalingo
A former Vice Chancellor of Taraba State University TSU and now Taraba State gubernatorial Candidate of the New Nigerian Party NNPP for the 2023 general elections, Professor Sani Yahaya, Monday, said he had jumped out of the All Progressives Congress APC because he looked at the party as a house that would collapsed on him.
Professor Yahaya disclosed this why addressing journalists shortly after he was declared winner of the Taraba State gubernatorial Primary election of the NNPP conducted in Jalingo, the Taraba State Capital.
He said the internal wranglings in the Taraba State chapter of the APC would not allow the party to make any meaningful impact in the state as far as 2023 general election is concerned, hence his decision to dump the party.
“As I speak to you, the party has no gubernatorial Candidate in Taraba State because of the internal wranglings. We came together and build the house, APC in Taraba State. I served the party as National Deputy Coordinator in 2019 and I was the gubernatorial Candidate of the party in 2019..
” But how can you stay in a house you build for a long time and somebody who came in after two days decided to chase you out of the house? That is the situation that is going on in the party. The party has loosed its grip. There is no longer justice and fairness and thus, unity is now better than imagined in the party. So for me, a house I build with my hands can not collapse on me. I left the house and I have found a better house in which all members are happy with themselves”. He stated.
Professor Sani Yahaya encouraged the good people of Taraba State to consider NNPP as the only platform that would salvage the state and bring dividends of democracy, justice and fairness across all the tribes existing in Taraba State.
Meanwhile, the Taraba State former Vice Chancellor, had scored a total of 464 votes to emerged the flag bearer of NNPP in Taraba State for the 2023 gubernatorial elections after defeating two other aspirants at the primary elections.
Announcing the result that produced Prof.Yahaya as the Taraba State Gubernatorial candidate of the NNPP, the Returning Officer, Nura Hamisu said Hon. Philip Joseph scored a total of 19 votes while Alameen Sale came last with only 8 votes.
Recall that Professor Sani Yaha was among the six aspirants that kicked against the emergence of Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the Taraba State Candidate of the APC for the 2023 general elections after the former was declared as the Taraba State candidate of the of the party for the 2023 general elections.
He decamped amidst the issuing political drama only to find himself comfortable in NNPP where he clinched the gubernatorial ticket for the 2023 general elections.
