The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has challenged his predecessor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to launch his presidential campaign in Kano, saying he would be rejected by voters in the state come 2019.
Mr. Ganduje said he believes Kano residents will not welcome Mr. Kwankwaso, currently a senator if he launches his presidential campaign in the state.
“We have all the rights to reject him at wish. We have already rejected him,” the governor said.
“We never considered him from day one as a presidential material. We shall continue to maintain our position about him. We know nobody but President Muhammadu Buhari.”
Messrs Kwankwaso and Ganduje were political allies with the latter serving as deputy governor when Mr. Kwankwaso was the state governor. They have since parted ways with Mr. Kwankwaso leaving their All Progressives Congress (APC) to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where he is hoping to achieve his presidential ambition.
Mr. Ganduje made his statements at an event to empower women held at the government house, Kano, on Sunday. At the event, 6,600 women drawn from the 44 local governments of the state were given the sum of N15,000 each.
“We, the great people of Kano, as he is aware, will use every democratic way possible to reject him (Kwankwaso) and show him an exit from political participation, even before the general election comes our way,” the governor said.
The governor, who is believed to have in the past, using security as an excuse, blocked a rally to welcome Mr. Kwankwaso back to Kano, accused his predecessor of not showing concerns when unfortunate things happen in the state.
“We in Kano, we came across the demise of distinguished personalities, of which he chose not to come. And we had fire outbreaks in some of our markets, and this man did not care to come and sympathize with the victims,” he said.
“When some of the popular markets in Kano experienced fire disaster, we raised a special committee that was given the responsibility of finding the remote causes of such disaster as well as given the mandate to collect contributions so as to alleviate some of the sufferings of the victims.
“We included as a member of the committee, somebody, a staunch follower of Kwankwaso. But this man didn’t allow that person to participate in all the meetings of the committee. Neither did he send a penny as his contribution.
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