Kano State Commissioner for Rural
and Community Development, Musa Kwankwaso, has condemned Senator Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso’s proposed visit to Kano
He said the planned trip is not
only intended to spite President Muhammadu Buhari, but to also test Kwankwaso’s
popularity.
The Senator, a former Kano
governor, last visited Kano in May 2015.
The commissioner, in a statementat
the weekend, lamented that his brother deliberately shunned Buhari’s recent
official visit to the state.
He said: “(Senator) Kwankwaso
shunned Buhari’s visit because he wants to test his popularity against that of
Buhari during his visit.
“Out of the three Kano senators,
only Kwankwaso deliberately shunned Buhari’s visit.
”Senator Barau Jibrin of Kano
North and his colleague of Kano South, Kabiru Gaya, did not only attend the
gathering but played specific roles to ensure the successful hosting of the
President”.
According to him, the sole aim of
Kwankwaso’s visit to Kano was to demonstrate to the world that he was more
popular than Buhari in Kano state.
“But we want to remind him of how
Buhari defeated him in the All Progressives Congress (presidential) primary in
Lagos.
”Even Kano delegates who were
in his camp then voted for Buhari. Nothing has changed since then,” he noted.
The commissioner urged his
brother to forget his presidential ambition and appeal to Governor Abdullahi
Umar Ganduje, so as to retain his senatorial seat in 2019.
Recall that APC leaders in Kano,
earlier in the month, adopted Buhari as their candidate for the 2019
presidential poll.
They also expressed their
commitment and support for Ganduje as their sole candidate for 2019.
State Chairman of the APC, Alhaji
Inuwa Abbas hinged their endorsement of the President on his achievements,
especially in the fields of security, the war against corruption and the
restructuring of the economy.
“Security is important for
everyone, not just for Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. It is even more so for
us as a commercial and industrial state.
”We are convinced that you are
best for these times when the country has begun to muster energy and resources
to develop agriculture, infrastructure and empower the younger citizens,” Abbas
said.
In his response, Buhari said he
understood the clamour by the ordinary people on the streets who raised four
fingers on each arm, ”meaning four-plus-four”.
He, however, stressed the need to
sanitize party politics by ridding it of vote-buying and violence.
“What I saw in the elections in
Kogi, Bayelsa and Rivers, the use of money and those headless bodies really
upset me.
”I don’t wish to see that
anywhere. I would not have won if money and killing was the modus of operation.
That is my view of politics”.
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