2023: Kwankwaso Is Going Nowhere, He’s Now A Featherweight – Ganduje

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has stated that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has no political relevance in the state.

Ganduje stated on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Monday that the strength of Kwankwaso’s political movement has greatly diminished across the state.

He claimed that Kwankwaso’s supporters are defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and other parts of the North.

The governor claimed that his predecessor and his party would fail in both the presidential and state elections.

He said:

We will soon start our gubernatorial campaign in Kano; you will see our followership which is rising on the daily basis. When you talk of the Kwankwasiyya group, you see that Kwankwasiyya, too, has reduced in strength because a great number of them are coming back to APC after knowing that their party will go nowhere at the presidential election and even at the state level, we will slug it out.

In addition, Ganduje stated that the ruling APC is now more united in the state, and that the internal party crisis has been resolved ahead of the 2023 elections.

The governor also stated that the misunderstanding between the House Majority Leader, Hon Alhassan Ado Doguwa, and the party’s deputy gubernatorial candidate has been resolved.

He said;

Even the misunderstanding between the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and our former commissioner for local government has been resolved. Hon Alhassan Ado Doguwa and the deputy gubernatorial candidate had some misunderstanding, but that one we sat down under my chairmanship and everything has been put in an order now.

If you listen to the press release that we offered and what the Majority Leader said, you will know that the problem is completely solved. Even today, they were together and took some pictures and issued a press release together. Everything is normal at our party. I assure you that we have many entrances, and many people are coming into the party both from PDP and other political parties.

We don’t think it is when you fight other political parties that proves that you are strong. You need to organize yourself in a civilized way; that does not mean you are not strong; it means that you know what it takes to do modern democracy and that is what we’re experiencing in Kano.