The battle for Kaduna Government House, North West of the country has begun as one of the aspirants, Isa Mohammed Ashiru picked his nomination form on Wednesday to contest the gubernatorial primaries under the People’s Democratic Party .
The first to purchase the form, Ashiru is seen by political observers as one of the top contenders in the race and who was enthusiastic about the party delegates conference scheduled for September 17th 2018.
Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna ,a member of the Central Planning Committee of the Ashiru Campaign Organisation, Godfrey Gaiya, said, the purchase of the form was to demonstrate his seriousness about the project,.
“It is also to encourage his supporters and affirm to delegates how important and determined he is, to lead the party to a resounding victory in the 2019 gubernatorial elections,” he said.
It could be recalled that Ashiru had toured 22 of thr 23 LGA offices of the PDP in Kaduna state where he was said to have been accorded resounding receptions and endorsement by delegates.
The Gubernatorial Aspirant who has been speaking on his political sojourn, said being one of the founding fathers of the PDP in Kaduna state, the sojourn in the APC, his former party, helped him see that a reformed PDP was the best option for him and Nigeria.