Gankon has survived two assassination attempts

According to reports, The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), governorship candidate in 2015 election in Kaduna State, Mr Polycarp Danladi Gankon, has said he  escaped two assassination attempts, miraculously, on his life after the governorship election in the state.

He said that on the 17th September, 2015, in one of the attempts on his life  he was in a hotel room in Kaduna for regular meetings with his political associates when he decided in the night to leave the hotel. His exact words , “I did not hesitate but l left the hotel and drove that night to Zaria but around 1am early morning, the assassins with masks on their faces and heavily armed came and ransacked every room in the hotel looking for me, but l was not there and they left without hurting or taking anything from anybody in the hotel.”
Addressing newsmen in Kaduna after the judgment which upheld the victory of governor El-Rufai in the last governorship election in the state, Mr. Gankon said tthat attempts were made to buy his conscience and that of the party to settle the court case out of court but said, “I have sworn not to accept any inducement from any party to
relinquish the course of the common man which l have vowed to take until the end of the struggle. It is not a personal course but it is that of the general good of the people of Kaduna State and l promised to fight to the end.”
He noted that the party (APGA) as result the irregularities observed ranging from the certificate issued in the polling units, decided to go to the election tribunal to seek for redress .
According to reports, The governorship candidate expressed dismay at the judgment of the governorship election tribunal , stressing
that it was not surprising that before the commencement of the judgment without any explanation for starting behind scheduled, the judges kept the people of the state waiting for hours.
 Mr. Gankon refuted allegations made that the party was being sponsored by a party or anybody but said that God Almighty is the one sponsoring the party, hence he added that it was fighting the course of the good people of Kaduna State.
He thanked the good people of Kaduna State for standing solidly behind the party at this trying moment and assured that the struggle has just begun until victory is won.
In his reaction, Alhaji Bala Tella,the Director General of the campaign team, said he would use all legitimate means to ensure justice was done in the case.
I hope justice is done in this case for the betterment of Kaduna, which is a northern state and a hot zone as boko haram resides in the north.