– Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano state, has reacted to APC’s threat to suspend him for organizing a “violent rally”
– The ex-governor said his possible suspension would trigger the split of the party
The immediate-past governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was accused by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of staging a “violent rally” and thus causing mayhem, has reacted to the threat of being suspended.
Speaking through a statement signed by his aide, Yunusa Dangwanu, Kwankwaso said he deliberately abstained from visiting the state since May 29, 2015, when he left his post as the governor, in order to avoid any interference in the state’s affairs.
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Moreover, he had reportedly given his successor “space and time to settle down and consolidate on Sen. Kwankwaso’s successful programmes and projects that resulted into 100% APC’s success in the 2014 local government and 2015 general elections respectively”.
According to the released statement, Mr Kwankwaso also “gave short notice for the condolence visit, but was pleasantly surprised by the turnout of the good people of Kano who came to receive him at the Malam Aminu Kano Airport and escorted him to Ganduje village”.
Describing Kwankwaso’s visit to Ganduje town the ex-govenor’s camp expressed their surprise “that some local people brandished local weapons, not minding the somber occasion. It is unfortunate that they could not be chided, thus we left them with their weapons at Ganduje.
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It is therefore appalling and rather unfortunate that the good gesture of Sen. Kwankwaso has been mischievously interpreted wrongly.
It is also disheartening that few hours after the death of our state Deputy Chairman Alhaji Isa Ali Danmaraya the government was busy coercing and misleading some party leadership into addressing a press conference that will only culminate in splitting the APC in Kano.”
The statement further warned Abdullahi Ganduje, the incumbent governor of Kano, to stop using President Muhammadu Buhari’s name as cover for his administration’s “obvious weaknesses” and “strive to concentrate on facing the enormous challenges of governance such that, perhaps, he may also be revered and respected by the good people of Kano State”.
it would be recalled that the APC in Kano has threatened to suspend former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, for organizing a “violent rally”during his condolence visit to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje over the death of his mother.
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