Ilyasu Musa Kwankwaso, a three-time Commissioner for Rural and Community Development in Kano State, has urged President Bola Tinubu and all stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be cautious of the intentions behind the potential defection of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election.
He claims that such a move could have ulterior motives that may lead to disunity and conflict within the APC.
Ilyasu Kwankwaso stated that the former NNPP presidential flagbearer is allegedly lobbying President Tinubu for permission to join the APC in order to further his own interests and secure a second term for his political ally, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, in 2027.
While addressing the press in Kano, he acknowledged that Senator Kwankwaso has the right to join the ruling party.
However, he cautioned the leadership of the APC and President Tinubu to be aware of Senator Kwankwaso’s past political behavior, particularly regarding allegations of political betrayal.
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He further alleged that Senator Kwankwaso is aware of the factional divide within his party and, concerned that his faction may not be recognized in the upcoming 2027 general election, is planning to defect to the APC to avoid being politically sidelined.
According to him, “We are aware of serial efforts of Kwankwaso to have the ears of President Tinubu so that he will decamps to APC for his Governor to have easy ride for second term in office”.
He then reminded President Tinubu of who is Kwankwaso and his political betrayals that span years, adding that, “Tinubu should ask former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former President Jonathan, and host of others that had allegedly suffered the betrayals of Kwankwaso”.
According to him, “It is on records that severally Senator Kwankwaso aligned himself with Atiku but what comes out of it, history is there to narrate the story, so also Jonathan as President, Senator Kwankwaso tried to make him believes that he was with him only for him in 2015 to sacrifice him for the merger that saw the formation of APC”.
He further alleged that, “as if that was not enough, Kwankwaso still left APC for PDP, in 2023 to destroyed Atiku and reduced his votes in Kano, which though he achieved, but still he couldn’t stayed in the PDP and he left for NNPP dumping Tinubu in the cold”.
Illiyasu Kwankwaso hints that the same way Kwankwaso had problems with Ganduje because he couldn’t control him after winning Government in 2015, something that led him decamping out of the APC back to PDP and to NNPP that is how he is going to have problems with Tinubu in 2027.
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