Kaduna South Senatorial Ticket: Senator Laah Demands Open Primaries

The senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Southern Kaduna, Chief Danjuma Laah yesterday called on the leadership of the party to conduct transparent and open primaries to pick its flag bearers for the 2023 elections.
Senator Laah, who spoke in Kaduna, called for support for direct party primaries as the only democratic way of ensuring political inclusivenes for direct participation by members to make their choices.
Laah made the assertion during a meeting with selected members of his senatorial district, who paid him a solidarity visit, urging him to contest the 2023 senatorial election.
“The only viable platform that I will like to contest is the PDP which is the most credible alternative in Southern Kaduna and nobody will impose indirect primaries for our people again, that option is completely ruled out. It is not an issue at all”, he said.
Senator Laah appealed to the people of Southern Kaduna,x. He said “I don’t think the people want any indirect primaries or any consensus ,but the thing is ,if you don’t adhere to their desire for an open primaries then there will be problems and our chances should be slim by any means possible.
“The issue before us is that anybody who thinks he will leave his zone and jump into zone three to decide for my people who should or not be their senator in 2023 will have to think twice. We are trying to ensure that internal democracy is sustained and a very credible primaries is attained”.
He maintained that “what is important is that at the end of the day, we have something that party members are giving opportunity to elect a candidate that will give PDP ultimate victory at the end of the general election.
‘What I can tell you is that Southern Kaduna PDP members are going to be working together because we are still part of one big family. I believe at the end of the day, we will have a process that whoever emerges will be supported by all of us.
In his remarks, a three-term member of the Kaduna State. House of Assembly, Hon. Labari Tella, said Southern Kaduna People particularly the grassroots people, the youths and women want Senator Laah in 2023 ballot.
“Laah is unbeatable and we love him very much, he understands our people and what they want. He has helped in the fight against insecurity and he brought some considerable amount of development and he has the huge capacity to address the challenges of unemployment,” he said.
Tella warned the “electorate of Southern Kaduna not to make the mistake of electing aspirants without electoral value for the PDP, those who are not capable of providing answers to the Southern Kaduna question.