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The absence of immediate past governor of
Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau in Kano
Government House on Friday when the
stakeholders of the defunct All Nigerian Peoples
Party, ANPP, paid Governor Rabi’u Musa
Kwankwaso a solidarity visit may be an
indication that the proposed reconciliation
between Shekarau and Kwankwaso may have
hit the rocks.
Yesterday, stakeholders of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, led by Ambassador
Aminu Wali and Mohammed Abacha, son of the
late maximum ruler, Sani Abacha, paid similar
visit to Shekarau in his Kano residence on
Thursday wooing him to join the party.
Malam Shekarau who has consistently
protested the arrangement by the national
leadership of the All Progressives Congress that
gives more prominence to newcomer Governor
Kwankwaso, has openly registered his anger
over what he described as systematic
marginalization of himself and political
associates since the merger arrangement
commenced.
P.M.NEWS also learnt that the former Kano
governor whose political rivalry with
Kwankwaso started in 2001 is not comfortable
with the dominant influence of the
Kwankwassiyya Movement in Kano APC, a
situation which he believes will make him
redundant in the running of party affairs in the
state.
According to one of Shekarau’s political
associates, the Shekarau camp is worried that,
“after spending time and resources to establish
the foundation of APC, Malam Shekarau all of a
sudden has been reduced to nothing by
enemies of democracy. We will not accept it
because it is against the tenets of democracy
and justice.
“Right now, what we hear in Kano is the
Kwankwasiyya APC. We know Kwankwaso and
his political antecedents. If something is not
done fast, he will hijack the APC structure in
Kano and this will not augur well for the party.
We are the old APC; our interest must be
protected—somebody can not emerge from
somewhere and dictate what happens in a
party that we have labored to build.”
Among those who visited Government House to
recognize Governor Kwankwaso as the
authentic leader of APC in Kano include Senator
Ibrahim Kabiru Gaya, presidential candidate of
the defunct National Republican Convention,
NRC, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, former state secretary
of defunct ANPP, Malam Rabi’u Bako, former
Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Malam
Ibrahim Kankorofi, former ANPP governorship
aspirant, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, Alhaji Barau
Jubril and three Commissioners under
Shekarau, Ibrahim Garba, Haruna Dederi and
Garba Yusuf.
P.M.NEWS observed that many of Shekarau’s
associates were at the meeting excluding
ANPP’s governorship candidate in 2011,
Abdullahi Salihu Sagir Takai who Kwankwaso
defeated at the governorship polls.
Speaking on behalf of the delegation, Senator
Kabiru Gaya insisted that by APC’s Constitution,
Governor Kwankwaso remains the leader of the
party in Kano, adding that every other member
or stakeholder has the obligation to declare
loyalty to Governor Kwankwaso and work with
him for the interest of the party in the state.
Responding to his visitors, Governor
Kwankwaso expressed happiness that at last,
they have decided to come closer and give
their own contribution to the development of
Kano and the party, APC, pointing out that his
desire was to ensure that Kano and indeed, the
country at large get good and responsible
leadership.
Governor Kwankwaso further noted that he left
the PDP to join the party of the progressives
because undemocratic elements in the PDP had
broken the umbrella and left men of good
conscience with the progressive spirit under
the rain.
According to Kwankwaso, since the umbrella
had been destroyed and shattered, people like
him who has the interest of Nigeria and
Nigerians at heart sought for a better platform
to give responsible leadership to the people.
He urged his visitors to leave above board just
as he advised them to remove personal interest
ant put the interest of the party foremost as he
assured that come 2015, victory would be sure
for the APC both in Kano and the government
at the centre.
Pundits however, believe that with the visit of
those known to be Shekarau’s close political
associates to Kwankwaso, all may not be well in
the camp of Shekarau who many believe may
settle for the PDP soonest.
But according to Malam Sule Ya’u Sule, the
image maker of Malam Shekarau, the former
ANPP Presidential candidate has decided to
remain mute until the reconciliation committee
set up by the national leadership of the APC
completes its assignment.
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