Good evening Nairalanders and thanks to our moderators for their good job.
Please I want to correct a very wrong notion that Southern Kaduna people endorsed Atiku Abubakar as their preferred Presidential candidate which was on our front page vis: https://www.nairaland.com/7582259/southern-kaduna-group-sokapu-adopts

Below is the conclusion of the press statement (full statement comes after this):
SOKAPU and SKLC therefore advise the people of Southern Kaduna to support and vote for the Presidential Candidate that has shown commitment and willingness to be inclusive and address our interests.

Kindly read the correct presentation via the Press Statement from SOKAPU and forget the earlier twisted report

"SOUTHERN KADUNA PEOPLES UNION (SOKAPU)
IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE SOUTHERN KADUNA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (SKLC)
POSITION OF THE SOUTHERN KADUNA PEOPLE IN THE FORTHCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS HOLDING ON 25TH
FEBRUARY, 2023
BEING THE TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE DELIVERED AT THE SOKAPU NATIONAL
SECRETARIAT, KADUNA, ON 23RD FEBRUARY, 2023
On the 25 February, 2023, Nigerians, including the people of Southern Kaduna, will be going to the polls to elect the Candidate that will be President and the Party that will form the next government in Nigeria. This election is fundamental to the Southern Kaduna people especially as in the past eight years our people have suffered untold deprivations and dehumanization from the exclusiveness and discriminatory practices of the present party and government in power. From the foregoing, the decision of Southern Kaduna people on the choice of Presidential Candidate to support in the 2023 general election should be guided by our historical experiences over the past twenty-five years.

The Southern Kaduna People's Union (SOKAPU), in collaboration with the Southern Kaduna Leadership Council (SKLC) have examined the situation on the ground and come to the conclusion that the Presidential Candidates that have shown enough concern over our problems and concerns are those who visited Southern Kaduna and discussed with our people. To this extent, the Presidential Candidates of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) came and discussed with our people and leaders, and were given the Southern Kaduna Charter for SocioPolitical Engagement. Therefore, the choice for the Southern Kaduna people is between the PDP and LP.
In considering where to go, and which party to support, we take into consideration the fact that we have benefited more where we have been included in governance and decision making. Politically and economically, the Southern Kaduna people have benefited more from the PDP than any other party in the history of Nigeria.

Nevertheless, given the strength of the emotions arising from the oppression our people have suffered over the past 8 years, there is the tendency to align with the Labour Party. As leaders of Southern Kaduna, we take cognizance of the sentiments and emotions of our people over the suffering they have gone through.

We have examined the balance of forces on the ground in terms of structures, spread, capacity of the party and candidates to win the presidential election, hold and use the power to include the Southern Kaduna people in government. We, as Leaders of Southern Kaduna are advising our people to vote for the Party that has shown us inclusiveness, and the Party that has the inclination, desire and potential to concretely address our cares and concerns. SOKAPU and SKLC therefore advise the people of Southern Kaduna to support and vote for the Presidential Candidate that has shown commitment and willingness to be inclusive and address our interests. Therefore we are calling on our people to come out massively and vote in the presidential election.
Awemi Dio Maisamari
President
Southern Kaduna People's Union
Ishaya Dary Akau, Oon Chairman
Southern Kaduna Leadership Council"

Thank You

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