A member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has disclosed that he tried to intervene in the rift between former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje and ex-presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso.
He disclosed this during an appearance on Channels Television on Wednesday.
However, he stated that his attempt to restore peace between Ganduje and Kwankwaso failed.
The NNPP chieftain said only the two former governors of Kano State can resolve their differences.
He recalled how Ganduje insulted him in the past.
Jibrin said, “Everyone knows that I have always advocated even right from the beginning of the government for national unity and I never stopped at that.
“I felt insulted myself by Ganduje, everybody knew what happened, but I still tried to ensure that there was some sort of peace between him and Ganduje.
“I did my best but I believe that it’s in their own mutual interest and at the end of the day, it’s the decision of Ganduje and Kwankwaso to decide about it.”
Meanwhile, Jibrin, has warned that it would be a dangerous calculation to assume that President Bola Tinubu has no support in the North.
Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television, he asserted that Tinubu still commands a strong following in the region.
He argued that while there might be people who want him out of power, there are others who still stand firmly behind him.
“Tinubu is not an orphan in the north. He has people in the north. Maybe they’re not talking as much as they should, but he has people. So, as much as you have people who want him out, you also have people who want him in.
“And as events keep unfolding, you will see people who will come here opposing and people who will come here supporting him. So I don’t think he is an orphan in the north. It would be a dangerous calculation for somebody to think Tinubu has no support in the northern part of the country,” Jibrin said on Wednesday.
The federal lawmaker also dismissed suggestions that the North has been politically “short-changed,” pointing out that the region had held power for longer than the South.
He urged the North to “tell itself the truth” and stop undermining its own representatives.
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