Hashimu Dungurawa, Kano State Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has refuted reports that the party has reached a pact with President Bola Tinubu to retain the state.
The suspicions sprang from a meeting at the Presidential Villa between NNPP leader Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Tinubu.
Dungurawa, while dismissing the rumours, stated that the NNPP does not require anyone to maintain its mandate in Kano State.
He stated that Tinubu met with Kwankwaso in 2015 because he believes he (Kwankwaso) has what it takes to assure the All Progressives Congress, APC’s victory, “and together they won Kano and Nigeria for former President Muhammadu Buhari.”
“That time in 2015, Kwankwaso ensured that all political seats – Governor, Deputy, 40 State House of Assembly, 27 House of Representatives and 3 Senators – were won by APC in Kano, and the same thing repeated itself in 2023 with NNPP winning everything with only one minor Senate seat slipping out to APC.
“Therefore, because of these facts and many more, President Tinubu who is gradually freeing himself from the shackles of Ganduje, now believes that his alliance with Kwankwaso is much more needed than any other person,” the NNPP Kano chairman said.
“We are aware of so many negative moves by Ganduje and his cohorts ahead of the Supreme Court judgement, but they have forgotten that power belongs to God and whether they like it or not if he says Abba would continue to be the Governor of Kano State there is nothing they can do.
“President Tinubu is so attracted to our people-oriented projects in Kano, and he agreed to see us to discuss matters of governance, but because the APC in Kano are so aligned with negativity, they are thinking we were there to secure our mandate,” he added.
