2023: Kwankwaso Plays ‘god’, Says PDP Will Collapse If He Leaves

By Akinwale Kasali

The crisis rocking the opposition Party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has led to open grumbling among Party faithfuls and Chieftains, who feel they are maltreated and not needed by the Party again.

This is the lot of former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, who says the PDP is on the verge of collapse following the crisis rocking it.

The Kwankwasiyya Convener, speaking on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm, said the fate of the Party hangs in the balance if he defects from the Party following the way the Party is being run. He alleged that very few people are taking decisions, stressing that the PDP would crumble if he defected to another political party.

According to him: “There is no question about it. Where are the leaders? Who are the leaders? They will crumble.

“I should be one of the most important individuals in a party like PDP.

“Look at the scenario in the North West during the congress, from the things that were taken to Kano, the vice-chairman of the zone was supposed to be given to me to nominate somebody. Just like it was done in Katsina, (Former Governor Ibrahim) Shema nominated what was allocated to him, in Kaduna (Former Governor Ahmed) Makarfi did that, in Jigawa (Former Governor) Sule Lamido did that, in Kebbi Kabiru Turaki did that, in Sokoto (Governor Aminu) Tambuwal did that.

“It is only in Kano that they thought I was too small to be given that position and that’s what triggered the whole thing, and everybody kept quiet and were so happy that maybe Kwankwaso is not needed in the party.”

It would be recalled that Kwankwaso was the Governor of Kano under the PDP before defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015 alongside some PDP top echelons.

After testing the APC waters, he jumped ship and returned to the PDP where he jostled for the PDP Presidential ticket in 2019. And failed.