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Vice-presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accused Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, of having a hand in the omission of NDC governorship candidate in the state, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, from the list of candidates published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 polls.
Kwankwaso spoke on Sunday at his Miller Road residence in Kano, where he cautioned the governor to play by the rules of democracy and stop sabotaging the efforts of the NDC in the state.
The former Kano governor alleged that he has information that the state governor does not want to contest against any candidate, especially the NDC governorship candidate in the state.
“If you remember, immediately he left us (defected), the first thing he did was to see how he would destroy our party (NNPP), to create factions in our party in Kano and Abuja, and to use the courts to take the party away from its leadership,” Kwankwaso said.
On the INEC omission of their candidate, Kwankwso said: “We have seen very clearly the hands of the state government in all of these — manipulating, and doing all sorts of things, playing games at INEC and now playing games in the court to stop our candidate.”
He added: “It is not like we didn’t like him. We liked him despite all the issues he had as a person, but he decided voluntarily to leave. And if you have decided to leave us, why not leave totally? You are in APC. That is no problem. This is democracy, but please do not continue to play with fire.
“Because the way he is going, he may end up creating a very unpleasant situation in Kano to the extent that it may affect several other places. We have been trying to tell our supporters to be calm, but everything has its elastic limit.”
Kwankwaso further warned “Those who can talk to him should talk to him. The people are very angry. With all these unnecessary distractions, he may create a problem that may not be easily contained,” he said.
The NDC vice-presidential candidate also said the party is growing rapidly across the country and is now the most formidable opposition party.
“I believe the general feeling of Nigerians, especially those who have done opinion polls, is that our party is the most formidable opposition in this country. The graph is going up” he said.
“So far, so good, NDC is the party to beat. Everybody can see that APC has failed and everybody believes today that the ADC cannot do the job. Therefore, we are the only good alternative Nigerians have,” he stated.
He thanked youths across the North and South for supporting the NDC and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and urged those advocating for an opposition coalition to join the NDC.
“In the North, we have people who think we should support the ADC. But fundamentally, we don’t agree with that. What we agree with is to have a southern candidate, preferably a Christian, and that is what we found in His Excellency, Peter Obi, and a Northern Muslim as his running mate to have a balanced ticket,” Kwankwaso said.
He recalled that in 2015, the rotation favoured the North, which led to the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari, adding that it is now time for the South. He said fielding a northern candidate under the ADC at this time would create political confusion.
Kwankwaso also criticized the Tinubu administration’s incessant borrowing, describing it as unsustainable and an action that cannot be justified
“It is very sad that our government is not managing our resources well enough. We have enough resources to make every Nigerian comfortable. Subsidy has been removed, fuel is now expensive, but there is nothing to show in terms of projects, and yet the government is borrowing huge amounts of mone,” he said.
“We are aware that before the National Assembly, there is a request of about $21 billion and the government has just a few months in office. We are not in support of taking loans that will be paid by our grandchildren,” he added.
