Ayuba Sanusi
THE presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has described former Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as his political son who dared not look at his eyes whenever they met.
Kwankwaso said this during an interview session with BBC Hausa on Saturday while reacting to the remarks of Ganduje who said he would have slapped him (Kwankwaso) at the Presidential Villa over the recent demolition of some buildings in the state
“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, these are my political boys, if they see me, they lower their gaze,” Kwankwaso said.
While briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with Tinubu on the security situation in Kano State following a demolition exercise embarked upon by the administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Ganduje expressed displeasure over the demolition exercise embarked upon by the current governor.
“I know he is in the building but we have not met. Probably if we met, maybe I could have slapped him.”
Ganduje said the demolition exercise was done without carrying out any investigation or giving due notice in line with the provisions of the Land Use Act.
The former governor said he spoke at length on the issue while reporting the matter to the President and had petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, with video evidence of the looting and vandalisation that trailed the demolition.
He said the governor, who he described as a “stooge” of Kwankwaso, was no longer happy because of the condemnation that greeted the move.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had said the demolition exercise was part of the fulfilment of his campaign promise to “restore” the urban development master plan of the city.
He had also insisted that the exercise was not a vendetta against the past administration of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and that many more demolitions would follow.
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