He said: “She is a loyal party woman, a bridge-builder, and a tireless voice for the vulnerable.”

Governor Kefas further noted that Ibrahim’s administrative and political experience would perfectly complement his administration’s developmental agenda.

Speaking in the same vein, Hajiya Aisha Kaigama, the Taraba State APC Women Leader, commended Governor Kefas for walking the talks in gender balancing in Northeast politics.

“This is a proud moment for women in Taraba.

“Hajiya Zainab has paid her dues; she has worked from the trenches to the national stage, and she will deliver.”

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) will next month unveil the particulars of all candidates seeking elective offices in the forthcoming general elections.

Lukman alleged that decisions concerning the coalition’s leadership in Kaduna were manipulated to sideline him, saying he had been reduced “to the status of a bastard” within a coalition he had worked to build.He said he had spent more than a year working to reconcile and unite opposition leaders in Kaduna but had instead become the target of what he described as an orchestrated campaign by El-Rufai and his supporters.
“For Mallam Nasir and his people, I am the problem. I have decided to resolve the problem for them and everyone,” he said.

The former APC chieftain said he decided to suspend both his ADC and coalition memberships because it was better “to be inactive than to continue to chase dashed expectations.”

Lukman also questioned the coalition’s commitment to democratic values, accusing some of its leaders of replicating the same political practices they had previously criticised.

He further alleged that former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was engaging individuals in Kaduna whose commitment to building the ADC was questionable while ignoring those who had invested in strengthening the party’s structures.

According to him, the developments had steadily eroded his confidence in the coalition and reduced the ADC to what he described as “a marginal participant” in preparations for the 2027 general elections.

He, however, expressed appreciation to Senator David Mark and other national leaders of the coalition, saying his decision was not a protest against the party’s national leadership but against what he described as the treatment he received from El-Rufai and some coalition leaders in Kaduna.

-Source: Daily Trust