The spokesman for Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, Sanusi Bature, has claimed that a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, is working behind the scenes to support President Bola Tinubu’s reelection in 2027.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that Bature, while featuring on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Wednesday, alleged that Kwankwaso worked for Tinubu during the 2023 election.
Bature also said that Kwankwaso finally settled on an alliance with former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after failing to secure a similar partnership with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde.
Bature further accused Kwankwaso of defecting to the NDC despite sending Governor Yusuf to Tinubu to prepare for his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said, “Kwankwaso is getting confused, somebody who does not believe in Yoruba presidency has been moving from Abeokuta and Ibadan to seek political fortune. He has been engaging Obasanjo, the Oyo State governor to secure a political fortune.
“This is an element of political confusion because if you believe in something you have to work for it and if you don’t, you can’t work on it.
“At some point, he sought Governor Makinde to secure a similar partnership and when Makinde opted out of that discussion, Kwankwaso went to Obi, the same Obi that he has been calling names. He saw Obi as an inferior political leader that he can’t even work with in 2023.
“Somebody who said Tinubu is his friend; he ordered his political godson, the governor, to meet the President to discuss the issue of partnership and defection to APC. He withdrew at the very last hour to pursue another separate movement.
“What I want to make clear here is that there are those working for Tinubu openly, directly in the public space and there are those who can work for Tinubu behind the scenes. And I believe whatever Kwankwaso is doing will favour Tinubu at the end of the day because Kwankwaso has worked for Tinubu in 2023.
“I’m a member of the APC and have been a member of the opposition in Kano and I know what happened in 2023. I believe that Kwankwaso is working for Tinubu in 2027 behind the scene.”