In a recent interview with the BBC Hausa Service, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and former Governor of Kano State responded to the comments made by his political rival, Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate past Governor of Kano State.
Kwankwaso described Ganduje as a confused individual and dismissed his “slapping” remark as mere bluster.
Addressing the allegations made by Ganduje, Kwankwaso revealed that he had a two-hour meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, during which he presented evidence of land deals and other infractions committed by the previous administration in Kano State.
According to Kwankwaso, the President was taken aback by the revelations and expressed surprise.
One of the key issues raised by Kwankwaso was the alleged allocation of lands at the Kano Race Course to friends and family members by Ganduje, which resulted in a scarcity of space for sporting activities and other exercises.
He further highlighted that even the Eid praying ground, where Muslims gather to pray during Sallah, was not spared by Ganduje, who allowed shops to be built around the holy place.
This compromised the security and sanctity of the Eid Prayer ground, where the Emir and other important dignitaries had traditionally offered prayers.
Kwankwaso expressed his belief that the Tinubu administration might consider engaging individuals from the opposition in its government, indicating the possibility of his inclusion in the forthcoming ministerial list of the new administration.
Responding directly to Ganduje’s threat to slap him, Kwankwaso confidently asserted that the statement was made out of confusion. He stated that those who were once his political allies would not dare to look him in the eye, emphasizing their subservience in his presence.
” I heard that he ( Ganduje) said he would’ve slapped me, but I’m here. He was just confused. These are all my boys politically. They can’t even look at me straight in the face if we meet.
He was in a confused state when he said that, these my political boys if they see me they lower their gaze,” Kwankwaso said.
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