Dr. Tosin Odeyemi, Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Osun State, has condemned the alleged threat by former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to slap his predecessor, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, if they met at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Odeyemi, on the other hand, dared Ganduje to carry out his threat whenever he saw Kwankwaso, saying the former governor would learn the hard way that Nigeria is no longer an indisciplined country where people can behave however they want.
The long-running feud between Kwankwaso and Ganduje resurfaced during the recent elections, culminating in the new administration’s recent demolition campaign. Last week, both former governors were invited to the Villa.
Ganduje recently told journalists at the presidential villa that if he saw Kwankwaso, he would have slapped him.
However, Odeyemi, who condemned the statement attributed to Ganduje, questioned why Ganduje was concerned about Kwankwaso’s rising profile.
He stated that whenever the immediate Kano state governor heard or read that Kwankwaso was meeting Tinubu, he became agitated and began running erratically.
Odeyemi emphasised that for a former governor to threaten to ‘slap’ an elderly man demonstrates how he mismanaged the state’s affairs, not to mention the number of political hooliganisms he must have encouraged.
How could a whole former governor made such statement when he was not drunk? Did he think we are still in the era where any indiscipline act can go unchallenged in Nigeria?
Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso is our pride, we don’t joke with him, he’s not a leader anybody can embarrass, if he has problem with Governor Yusuf he should go and settle it at home, he should leave our leader out of it.
Ganduje should go and rest. He should start building political empire as being done by our leader, Engr. Kwankwaso. And if he feels he want to try the patience of NNPP family in Nigeria, he should go ahead with his threat. A word is enough for him if he is wise.