Ganduje’s Endless Jabs at Kwankwaso

For the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Umar Ganduje, it seems his fight with his former boss and ex-governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso is eternal. This is why at every given opportunity, Ganduje would mock him publicly.

 Ganduje recently countered APC supporters in Kano who were against the defection of Kwankwaso to the party, insisting that he should be rehabilitated and rescued from his current homelessness.

The APC chairman spoke at a meeting with APC leaders from Kano State where the Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Ata, openly rejected the alleged moves by Kwankwaso to return to the APC from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).

Ganduje, who was once Kwankwaso’s follower, having served as his deputy while Kwankwaso was governor and also his special assistant when Kwankwaso was Minister of Defence, described his former boss as a fish running out of water that needs to be saved.

He also said: “When you see your son running to where he would get shelter and you are a big brother in a big home, I think it is morally right to accommodate him. So, we cannot say we cannot accommodate him because a friend in need is a friend indeed. Somebody who has been abandoned – we should not  allow him to wallow in darkness.”

Earlier, the minister had claimed that Kwankwaso was no longer a viable and relevant political force in Kano.

According to him, the NNPP leader was only coming to APC because he was dying politically.

Kwankwaso should realise that all the gratuitous insults being heaped on him on a daily basis show that they do not want him in their fold.

If sitting governors, former governors, senators and leaders whether formerly in the APC or not could be allowed to move to the party, why not Kwankwaso who was a foundation member of the party?

Are these not the same people always saying the more the merrier? Why are they constantly denigrating and insulting Kwankwaso because he wants to move back to the party? 

Between Kwankwaso and his opponents, who has more electoral value in Kano?