Following a careless statement by, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP in the 2023 general election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, party has described him as a sacked NNPP imposter and a political refugee without value anywhere.
Kwankwaso had yesterday boasted that come 2027, he was going to make the ruling APC a non-political issue in Kano through reducing its voting parentage to less than 15, 000 votes in the next general elections.
Reacting in a knee-jerk response to Kwankwaso claims, the APC slammed the Kano based politician statement as laughable, coming from somebody who lost a Political Camp after being allegedly sacked from a party NNPP where he claimed as the flag bearer. Accordingly, Chairman of the APC, Kano state chapter,
Prince Abdullahi Abass yesterday lashed out on Kwankwaso, calling him to stop daydreaming and instead channel his energies towards reclaiming his membership in the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP.
Abbas described Kwankwaso as a political refugee who has chosen to cling to the state Governor Abba Yusuf like a leech in a futile attempt to regain relevance in the scheme of things in the country.
APC further warned Kwankwaso and his likes that it would not allow them repeat of the vote manipulation and allocation that created the impression that the NNPP is well rooted in Kano State in the 2023 general election.
APC statement said, “Our teeming supporters in the APC have no cause to worry about Kwankwaso who has been booted out of NNPP due to his cluelessness and self-centeredness. We expect Kwankwaso to keep wondering why he has become a wanderer in the political terrain”.
“He ran away from APC because he couldn’t fit into our progressive ideals. His over-bloated ego and domineering posture forced him to abandon the PDP and he has now become a political refugee because the NNPP refused to accommodate him.”
Abbas revealed that the ruling party is already waiting for him in the wing to not only reclaim Kano State but save the people of the state from the undue influence of Kwankwaso from his Miller Road castle.
Recall, Kwankwaso had made his brag when he welcomed some former councillors and senior special advisers, who served under Abdullahi Ganduje-led administration during a meeting at his residence in Kano, with stakeholders from Tsanyawa Local Government Area.
He credited the hard work of his team during the 2023 elections, which sidelined the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party to struggle to scramble only 15,000 votes in Kano.
He noted that his party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party “achieved this remarkable feat despite being a new political platform coupled with the late start of its campaign.
“Now, it’s our turn to diminish APC’s influence. We will work tirelessly to ensure their votes are reduced to less than 15,000 in Kano come 2027”, Kwankwaso concluded.