How 2 sons of CJN, Tanko, emerge winners of APC, PDP tickets in Bauchi
Two sons of Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Siraj Ibrahim Tanko and Sani Tanko, have emerged as the Senatorial and House of Representatives candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) respectively in Bauchi State.
While Siraj Ibrahim Tanko emerged as the APC candidate for Bauchi North, his brother, Sani won the ticket of the PDP to represent Shira/Giade federal constituency in Bauchi State at the lower chamber of the National Assembly.
According to SaharaReporters, Siraj polled 189 votes to defeat other aspirants, including the incumbent senator, Adamu Bulkachuwa, who scored no vote last Saturday.
SaharaReporters reports that the duo, allegedly distributed expensive vehicles to parties’ delegates using public funds before the primaries.
They were also said to have used their father’s position to employ members of their political parties to the Supreme Court, National Judicial Institute, Judicial Commission.
A source further revealed to SaharaReporters that the two men spent billions before the primaries, sharing cars and doing empowerments.
“We the residents and the world entirely need to know why such unpopular candidates were imposed on the people; was it because their father is the CJN? They distributed over 150 vehicles; what jobs are they doing to have money to buy such expensive cars? And same CJN do sit on corruption cases whereas his sons are spending anyhow without known sources of income.” The source alleged.
