The Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Wednesday, gave reasons why he parted ways politically with his predecessor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, describing him as a selfish politician.
“It is natural to be a bit selfish, but I have never seen anyone as selfish as Kwankwaso. It was such that he imposed his whims on all and exploited them for his personal benefit as against the collective interest of all,” Mr Ganduje said Thursday.
The governor stated this at Government House while receiving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Sulaiman-Bichi, and some other members of Kwankwasiyya Movement, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
The governor, whose mandate was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court, said, “all of us seated here were with him in the past and we made him what he is politically but we had to withdraw from his persistent self-conceit.”
Mr Ganduje said that he ‘co-founded’ the Kwankwasiyya movement ”to prove his dedication to the course of Mr Kwankwaso” acknowledging that their political relationship dated back to the military rule (pre-1999).
Mr Ganduje added that he tried to reconcile with his former political mentor. He said that was unsuccessful because Mr Kwankwaso “is a wayward politician that believes it is either his bid is done or he destroys everything.”
