Support Me In 2015, Yero Begs Southern Kaduna

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  Six month after he took over the mantle of leadership following the demise of Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Governor Muhktar Ramalan Yero has declared his ambition to run for 2015 election with a plea to the Southern Kaduna people to support his ambition.
  
  Governor Yero made the surprise declaration of his ambition during the six months remembrance service of late Governor Yakowa at St. John’s Catholic Church in Kaduna, organised by the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU) to end the six months mourning declared by the forum.
  
  Yero who was represented by the state Commissioner of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Timothy Gandu told the gathering not to abandon him in 2015.
  
  He said, “I stand here to assure you that Governor Yero is still wearing the shoes Yakowa left behind. I also want to say that the shoes he is wearing was not originally made for him and when you wear the shoes that is not originally yours, in some cases you need foam to adjust. So, if you see the governor cutting some places, it is not as if he is not wearing it, but to make it fit better.”
  
  “So, your body language in 2015 will be because your brothers are in the government and because this government was given to us by God, you will not abandon us because you lost your brother. In his characteristic manner, he will not be happy where ever he is. So, give us room in 2015 to continue,” he said.
  
  The SOKAPU president, Dr. Ephraim Goje who had spoken earlier before the governor told the gathering that the Southern Kaduna people are going to weigh the governor on that scale that the weigh late Governor Yakowa “and that will form our decision in 2015.”
  
  “When our governor came in, he said he was stepping into the shoes of late Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa. I do not know the size of the shoes; whether it is cover shoes or half covered shoes.
  
  “To our politicians, I am giving you an assignment to go and check whether that shoe which Yakowa left behind which our governor inherited is still wearing the shoe. Is the shoe still in his legs? Is the shoe still intact the way Yakowa left it? Has he abandoned the shoe and is walking bare footed? Or has he gotten another brand of shoes? Yakowa lived for us and died for us.
  
  “I ask politicians from southern Kaduna, what is your political agenda? How united are you or should I say how disunited are you? The scale with which we weighed Yakowa is still there and it is that scale that we will use to weigh all of you. We are going to weigh the government on that scale and that will form our decision in 2015. I ask the people of southern Kaduna to be united ever than before. We will not make any hurried proclamation, but as time passes on, you will read our body language,” he said.
  
  Speaking on the continues attacks and killings on Southern Kaduna communities, Dr. Goje said “my communities have been under siege for over two and half years now. Since the mandate was given to us to champion the course of the southern Kaduna people, our brother, Late Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa up till the time he died operated under very difficult circumstances.”
  
  He added that, “This was a man who could not sleep and could not eat. This was a man who worked for 24 hours to ensure there was peace in Kaduna state. Inspite of this, he never saw peace. We have had several attacks on communities in southern Kaduna and so many losses of property and lives.”
  
  In her addressed, the widow of the late Governor, Mrs. Amina Patrick Yakowa thanked SOKAPU for declaring a six months mourning for her late husband.
  
  She also appealed for Nigerians to continue to pray for the late Governor’s family at this period of trials.