Buba Rejects ‘Consensus’ Endorsement of Sadiq Ango, Vows to Go for Direct Primary

By Abdullahi Mukhtar Algasgaini

A major crack has emerged within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sabon Gari Federal Constituency as aspirant Mahmud Sadis Buba has publicly rejected the endorsement of incumbent lawmaker Sadiq Ango Abdullahi as the party’s consensus candidate.

Buba, a 30-year-old popular politician in Zaria also known as Abin Al-Aljabin Zazzau, dismissed the arrangement as an “endorsement,” not a consensus, insisting that he was not consulted as a fellow aspirant.

The controversy began on Wednesday when the chairman of Sabon Gari local government area and ALGON chairman in Kaduna State, Hon. Jamilu Abubakar Albani, issued a statement claiming that APC stakeholders had met and endorsed Sadiq Ango as the constituency’s consensus candidate.

But in a reaction on Thursday night, speaking through his personal assistant and secretary, Alhassan Sani, Buba said: “Consensus is where all contestants or aspirants step down for one person. There was nothing like that. There was no consensus in the Sabon Gari federal constituency seat. It was an endorsement, not a consensus.”

Buba, who has already purchased his nomination forms, declared that he is fully prepared for the APC direct primary scheduled for Friday.

“We are fully prepared to go into direct primaries on Friday, and the people of Sabon Gari will vote for us massively,” he said.

As both factions stand their ground, tensions are mounting in the constituency ahead of the party’s primary election.