Influential politician and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, has said that the opposition party will accept Senator Shehu Sani if the APC don't want him anymore.
Senator Ben Bruce
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lamaker from Bayelsa State, Senator Ben-Murray Bruce, has taken to his Twitter page to reveal that his party is willing to accept Shehu Sani if the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) no longer wants the senator
The founder of Silverbird Group, who is widely known as Common Sense Senator, lauded Sani’s intellect, describing him as a specimen of patriotism.
His comment followed a communique issued on Saturday by chairpersons of the APC in the six local governments that make up Kaduna Central Senatorial district where they endorsed a rival aspirant and political adviser to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, Uba Sani, for the 2019 senatorial ticket.
According to Premium Times, Senator Sani had described the rejection as ‘antics’ by the governor, and that the governor resorted to organising ‘fake’ endorsement meeting after repeatedly failing to suspend him from the party, adding that the people of his constituency are ‘solidly’ behind him irrespective of the governor’s move.
“Senator @ShehuSani is an asset to Nigeria and a pride to the @NGRSenate. I have traveled all over Nigeria and very few Nigerians can match his intellect,” Ben-Bruce tweeted.
“If APC doesn’t want him, the @OfficialPDPNig wants him. Nigeria wants him. Democracy needs him. He’s a specimen of patriotism!.”
Bruce further praised Nigeria’s diaspora for remitting $22 billion in 2017. “Nigeria’s diaspora remitted $22 billion to Nigeria in 2017. That is almost Kenya’s entire budget for 2018.
"Our diaspora is the single largest source of FDI into Nigeria. Help me lobby your Senator as I push for a Constitutional amendment to enable them vote in future elections”, he said.