There are indications that chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nuhu Bajoga, may be appointed as the State’s Deputy Governor.
The search for the post had begun a few days after the death of late Governor Patrick Yakowa.
A former Nigerian Ambassador to Poland, Bajoga hails from Southern Kaduna, the same local government with the late Governor’s wife, Mrs. Amina Yakowa.
Sources say his name may be submitted to the state House of Assembly for confirmation this week.
The development did not come to many as a surprise as Vice President Namadi Sambo is the political godfather of the new Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero. He is reportedly pushing for the candidature of Bajoga for the number two citizen of the state. It would be recalled that Yero was an accountant for 10 years in Sambo’s company Nalado Nigeria Limited in Kaduna.
Sambo on Saturday morning, was present at the PDP State Caucus meeting which was called to officially announce Yero as the new leader of the party in the state.
Bajoga in his speech at the meeting, pledged his “total loyalty” to Yero. A political analyst who is from the North-West state told DailyPost that, “If the news is true, then I expect that there will be serious opposition to Bajoga’s nomination. I don’t think it is a consensus agreement with input of relevant stakeholders. Several groups and power blocs in the state are jostling to have their preferred candidate become the new Deputy.”
“As I speak lot of people hold the view that Amina (Yakowa’s wife) should be compensated with the position. Aside that, the Kaduna mafia still exists and I don’t think they really want Bajoga in that office,” he added.
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