We’ll Welcome Kwankwaso To APC As Madman Returning To Vomit, Says Ganduje

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and immediate past Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has likened the expected return of Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso and his followers to the party to the madmen who returned to their vomit.

Ganduje spoke against the backdrop of reports that Kwankwaso was planning to defect the party which they left to form the ruling New Nigeria People's Party, NNPP, in Kano State.

Ganduje, however, dismissed speculations that Kwankwaso might defect to the APC.

The former APC chairman also berated both Kwankwaso and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the state, describing the duo's politics as inconsistent and their governance style as “directionless.”

According to a BBC Hausa report monitored in Kaduna on Saturday, Ganduje spoke during a stakeholders’ meeting of APC leaders in Kano on Thursday. The meeting was the first of its kind since his exit from office. 

Ganduje noted that, Kwankwaso lacked consistency to return to the APC after repeatedly ridiculing it.

His words, "We too have heard these rumours, but we don’t take them seriously. In democracy, there’s little difference between a fake cleric and a thief. Kwankwaso once said only a madman would join APC.

“He even mocked President Tinubu when he was contesting, claiming Tinubu only developed Lagos. Now they want to return. If they come, we’ll welcome them as ‘madmen who swallowed their vomit...

“When I took over power, (as governor), I never wasted time probing my predecessor. Governance doesn’t end with one administration. But Abba Yusuf started his government with probes. Tell me, what have they uncovered?

“They’ve received more money in six months than my administration saw in eight years. Yet what have they achieved? 

“This government has no grip on governance. It’s like comparing a messenger with a permanent secretary. Theirs is a government of bandits, clumsy and confused. They spend recklessly on projects without value for money.”

Commenting on the possibility of reconciling with Kwankwaso and former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, Ganduje said it was not out of place, pointing out that all three of them have governance experience to guide the current administration if unity became necessary.

Speaking specifically on Governor Yusuf, Ganduje described his successor’s administration as “government of vendetta and cluelessness,” noting further that Yusuf was wasting resources and lacking in capacity.

On his removal as APC National Chairman, Ganduje said it was purely a matter of zoning and political rotation.

“The President did not do any wrong to me. Leadership is by God’s will; He gives it to whom He wants at any time,” he added. 

Kwankwaso and Governor Yusuf have yet to responded to Ganduje’s verbal attacks.