Thirty-year-old popular Zaria politician and the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for Sabon Gari Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Mahmoud Sadis Buba, has said he has been judged by his physical build, which is the way Allah created him.
Buba, popularly known as Abin Al-Aljabin Zazzau, said there was nothing people have not done to him, stating that he had been insulted, humiliated, disgraced, “even my parents have been insulted.”
In an interview with Radio France International (RFI) in Hausa and monitored in Kaduna, Buba who wants to unseat the incumbent member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Sadiq Ango, son of elder statesman Prof. Abdullahi Ango, for the APC ticket to contest the Sabon Gari Federal Constituency seat in 2027, said he had endured the insults and public humiliation.
Buba said he contested the same seat in 2023 but was persuaded by APC stakeholders and he dropped his ambition.
Explaining why he is contesting, Buba stated that the people of Sabon Gari Federal Constituency want him to serve them and bring needed development.
According to Buba, “I have been insulted, humiliated and deprived because of the way Allah created me,” he said.
“There is nothing people have not done to me. I have been insulted, humiliated, disgraced, and even my parents have been insulted.”
Buba noted, “There is no move I try to make without people attacking my dignity and disrespecting me.”
“I decided to contest for the House of Representatives seat because I want to bring youths out of the groups and gangs they are involved in,” he said.
“The youths are trapped in different groups, and honestly, Sabon Gari needs reform and correction.
“Our people are not asking for handouts or food. What people need is to be shown a way to earn a living — to be taught how to fish, not just be given fish”
“Sabon Gari constituency, since the beginning of time, there has never really been proper representation in the National Assembly for the area,” he said.
“Across the constituency as a whole, development has not reached many places, especially some parts of Sabon Gari and surrounding areas.”
He explained further, “Yet Sabon Gari is a very important commercial and industrial area, not just in Kaduna State but in Nigeria as a whole. We have industries, textile companies, and institutions. We have the university city area and Ahmadu Bello University.
“We also have aviation-related activities here. There are many things in this place that should have brought massive development.”
Buba added, “So why shouldn’t we be given proper representation?” he asked.
“We understand governance. We know how leadership works. In fact, those currently in office do not know more than we do about how things are run there,” he stated.
