By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
A Chieftain of All Progressive Congress (APC), Musa Ilyasu kwankwaso, has said the suspension of Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Kano State, Abdullahi Baffah Bichi, has vindicated him of his stand against Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential candidate of New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP).
Ilyasu Kwankwaso accused Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the national leader of NNPP of being a political merchant, who is ever ready to deal ruthlessly with whoever crosses his way in achieving his desperate ambition.
While he condemned Rabiu Kwankwaso, the APC Chieftain Ilyasu Kwankwaso alleged that even though the suspension of the SSG was carried out by the state NNPP chairman, Hashim Dungurawa, it was clearly engineered by Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
“I have been vindicated over my several comments, that the leader of NNPP Kwankwaso will pocket the Kano state Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, because of his desperation for 2027 presidential ambition”, he stated, adding that “this has started showing its face going by the suspension of SSG”.
The APC Chieftain, Kwankwaso made the assertion on Wednesday while commenting on the recent crises in the state ruling party when he addressed newsmen in Kano.
“Whatever I have said on Kwankwaso on his alleged plans and moves to cage whoever in his party, NNPP, has now started manifesting through the recent suspension of the SSG.
“The suspension of SSG, is just a tip of ice bag noting that more notable personalities within the NNPP, that Kwankwaso perceived as his political enemies would be shown way out of the party soon” he stated.
The APC chieftain highlighted that if the NNPP presidential candidate in the last election, could meted out such a disgraceful attitude to Dr. Bichi, who’s the most bigwigs in the party he believed to have contributed both in kind and cash during the NNPP general election, “who then can escape the big hammer from falling on him or her?
“The advise I, as a politician can give to the state governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, is not to waste too much time to liberate himself from the political tutelage of his in-law, Kwankwaso or else his political integrity would be at stake and the Kano people would perceive him, to be a Governor without control of act of governance
“I will also urged president Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to be wary of Kwankwaso’s purported plan to join the APC, to avert causing political disaffection within the rank and file of members of the party.
“Though people are free to join the APC, being a largest political party in Africa, but our leaders must be extra careful of those people that would not be an acidic content to the progress of the party in future” he said”, he advised.
He however recalled that the votes recorded by both the NNPP presidential candidate and governorship flagbearer in Kano, was not the singular political popularity of Kwankwaso neither of governor Yusuf.
This he said, were the already political popularity of politicians like, Senator Kawu Sunmaila, Hon Kabir Al- Hassan Rurum, a former house of assembly speaker, with others, adding that all these were chieftains of APC, before they defected to NNPP.
The APC Chieftain however commended the immense contributions of the Chairman Appropriation, House of Representatives, Hon. Abba Kabir Bichi, adding that he has been trying all positive efforts to move the APC forward, through execution of laudable projects, both within and outside his federal constituency.
