I Regret Campaigning For Uba Sani’: !njured Kaduna Woman Says No APC Official Has Called Or Visited Her In Hospital

‘I Regret Campaigning For Uba Sani’: Injured Kaduna Woman Says No APC Official Has Called Or Visited Her In Hospital

The woman said she would not have participated in the campaign if she had known that her efforts to mobilise support for Uba Sani would expose her to violence and humiliation.

Awoman identified as Aisha, who was reportedly beaten and injured while campaigning for Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani, has expressed regret over her support for the governor and the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying no party official has visited her or even called to check on her condition since the incident.

Aisha, who is currently receiving treatment in a hospital, made the remarks in a video obtained by SaharaReporters, where she was approached by a man who asked whether she regretted campaigning for the governor following the alleged attack.

The woman said she would not have participated in the campaign if she had known that her efforts to mobilise support for Uba Sani would expose her to violence and humiliation.

In the video, the man began the conversation by greeting Aisha and asking her about the circumstances surrounding the incident.

“Peace be upon you. Aisha, by Allah, I want to ask you something,” he said.

He noted that she was in the hospital and referred to the case involving other people associated with her, including their leader and a woman identified as Fatima.

The man said the incident had attracted widespread attention, adding that he had not expected to find Aisha alone in the hospital rather than with the other people involved.

He then asked whether she had been aware of the campaign activities involving Uba Sani and whether she still stood by her support for the governor after what had happened.

Responding, Aisha said she regretted her decision to participate in the campaign, insisting that she had not expected to be subjected to violence and humiliation for supporting the governor.

“Honestly, if I had known, I would not have come out. I did not beg for this kind of treatment, but I was met with beating and humiliation because I was seeking support for Uba Sani,” she said.

“Had I known, I would not have come out to say anything.”

The man subsequently turned his attention to the woman described in the conversation as a women’s leader, questioning her continued involvement in political mobilisation for the governor.

He observed that videos of her campaign activities had been widely shared and that she had reportedly been involved in such efforts for a long time.

He recalled that she had previously maintained that nobody forced her to campaign or paid her to do so, but that she undertook the activities using her own money.

The man asked whether she realised that she was spending her personal resources and making additional efforts to promote the governor, potentially without his knowledge, and whether she had stopped supporting him following the incident.

In her response, the woman leader expressed frustration over the absence of support from the governor and people around him, despite the public attention generated by the incident.

She explained that it was difficult to believe that the governor and officials within his administration were unaware of what had happened, particularly given the circulation of videos on social media.

“Honestly, there is one thing that has always upset me. I am convinced that, given this video and what is happening, it is impossible to say that the governor has not seen it,” she said.

“It is impossible to say that nobody in Government House, nobody close to the governor, or the governor himself, knows about it or has seen it.”

She expressed disappointment that, despite the publicity surrounding the incident, they had yet to receive any indication that the governor or his administration stood with them.

“Yet, we are told that there is nothing, that no information or anything has reached us to show that they stand with us. We are the only ones who are doing everything,” she added.

SaharaReporters previously reported that a woman believed to be a supporter of Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani was reportedly assaulted and injured shortly after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s campaign-related visit to Kaduna, following her public criticism of residents for not openly showing support for the governor.

In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, the woman, speaking in Hausa, expressed disappointment that Kaduna residents of the area did not come out to celebrate Governor Sani during the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally, by playing songs in his honour, displaying his posters, or publicly showing their support, as supporters of governors in other states often do.

She questioned why Kaduna residents appeared reluctant to demonstrate the same level of enthusiasm for their governor that citizens from other states typically show when their leaders visit the city.

“Honestly, the people of Kaduna are surprised, and this is not how things should be. It should not be that in the whole of Kaduna, nobody has come out to show support for their own governor. Nobody has come out to promote Governor Uba Sani in this city. Nobody has come out to demonstrate patriotism and show that they are proud to be citizens of Kaduna State,” she said.

The woman lamented that while supporters of governors from other states routinely turned out to welcome their leaders with songs, posters and other displays of solidarity, residents of Kaduna failed to organise similar displays in support of their own governor.

“Nobody has come out to play songs in support of Governor Uba Sani in this city, while we watch people from other states playing songs in praise of their own governors. This should not be so. It should not be so,” she added.

She further argued that citizens should be able to express appreciation for their leaders regardless of political affiliations or opinions about how they have governed.

“Whatever your governor is doing, should you not show him support? We should demonstrate our support and appreciation for our leaders. It should not be that governors from other states come to this city, and their people turn out in large numbers to welcome them, play their songs and display their posters, while our own governor, Uba Sani, receives no such show of support,” she said.

When SaharaReporters reached out to the Kaduna State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ahmed Maiyaki, he said the state government was willing to help Aisha but “could not locate her without her full name, address, or contact information”.