Following media reports of his planned suspension by the Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), former governor and a serving senator, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has reacted to the threat, saying his suspension will break the party.
It was reportedly alleged that he (Kwankwaso) orchestrated a violent rally at the burial of Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s mother.
Kano APC had said the condolence visit of Kwankwaso was deliberately turned to a violent rally to cause mayhem in the state, undermine Ganduje and President Muhammadu Buhari.
Reacting through a statement signed by his aide, Yunusa Dangwanu, the former governor said he shied away from visiting the state since May 29, 2015, when he left government, so as not to interfere with the state’s affairs.
“It is therefore appalling and rather unfortunate that the good gesture of Sen. Kwankwaso has been mischievously interpreted wrongly.”
“It is also disheartening that few hours after the death of our state Deputy Chairman Alhaji Isa Ali Danmaraya, the government was busy coercing and misleading some party leadership into addressing a press conference that will only culminate in splitting the APC in Kano,” the statement said.
