THE National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, jeered at the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Musa Kwankwaso, and his Kwankwasiyya party, saying that there will be no vacancy in the presidency in 2027.
This comes as the former governor stated that every information available to them showed that the leadership of the NNPP and its chieftains in Kano State were behind the pockets of sponsored protests as well as a drive to unseat him as APC national chairman.
The APC national chairman made the assertion while receiving hundreds of supporters and Kano-based support organizations at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
Two former Kano governors, Ganduje and Kwankwaso, were partners until they split a few years ago over political disputes in the state.
Addressing his followers, Ganduje stated that the NNPP and its leaders were still upset about losing the previous presidential election.
The Kano politician, who spoke in Hausa and English, also alleged that Kwankwaso and his NNPP supporters had turned to propaganda against the APC leadership after foreseeing another impending defeat.
He said, “They are so afraid because we are consolidating. They are so afraid all over the country because we are receiving new entrants into our party. That creates fear in their minds. They are already eyeing 2027.
“But by that time, there is no vacancy. Only our President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will Insha Allah, continue as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We have heard your commitment and speeches, and we understand your mission. The whole drama, political rascality, started in Kano with the government. Instead of responding to the yearnings, needs, and demands of the people of Kano state, they decided to divert attention.
“Our eyes are on those who are diverting our attention to political propaganda against the APC. Can we allow them to continue like that? We understand what they are doing. It is a political drama. They are also sponsoring pockets of diffident protest from all over the country. They are spending a huge chunk of money for people to demonstrate against the leadership of our party.”