From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Kano Kano State All Progressives Congress (APC) has lambasted former governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, for boasting that he would reduce the votes of the APC in the state in 2027 presidential election to a paltry 15,000.
Chairman of the state chapter, Abdullahi Abass, in a statement, called on Kwankwaso to stop daydreaming and channel his energies towards reclaiming his membership in the NNPP.
APC described Kwankwaso as a political refugee, who has chosen to cling to the Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf like a leech in a futile attempt to regain relevance in the scheme of things in the country.
APC further warned Kwankwaso and his ilk that it would not allow a repeat of the vote manipulation and allocation that created the impression that the NNPP is well rooted in Kano state in the 2023 general election.
“Our teeming supporters in the APC have no cause to worry about Kwankwaso, who has been booted out of the NNPP due to his cluelessness and self-centredness. We expect Kwankwaso to keep wondering why he has become a wanderer in the political terrain.
“He ran away from the APC because he couldn’t fit into our progressive ideals. His over-bloated ego and domineering posture forced him to abandon the PDP and he has now become a political refugee because the NNPP refused to accommodate him.”
Abass assured that the APC was already waiting in the wings to not only reclaim Kano State but also save the people of the state from the undue influence of Kwankwaso from his Miller Road castle.
Kwankwaso had earlier received some political defectors in his residence on Wednesday. During the reception, he claimed that the NNPP was now formidable to diminish the influence of the APC in the state in the 2027 elections.
“If the PDP could struggle to receive 15, 000 votes in the 2023 presidential elections in Kano, APC would not only receive below expectations but would receive the most embarrassing votes in the 2027 elections in Kano.
“NNPP achieved tremendous success in the presidential and governorship elections despite being a new political platform with a late start to its campaign. APC will be diminished in Kano in 2027,” he declared.
