2023: Shekarau Accuses Kwakwanso Of Betrayal; May Leave NNPP

By Akinwale Kasali

Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, who has been running from one Political Party to the other since he left office may soon leave the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP.

The crisis which has been   rocking the NNPP for weeks, has further deepened. The feud between its Presidential Candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, also a former Governor, and Shekarau remains unending. Shekarau is accusing Kwankwaso of betrayal of trust.

Shekarau’s  group which pitched tent with Kwankwaso after forming the NNPP has cried out that Kwankwaso has continued to betray the trust reposed on him.

Shekarau made this known on Monday at a meeting with Shura Advisory Council drawn from 44 Local Government Areas of the State at the Kano Foundation Hall.

He alleged that all the agreements reached with Kwankwaso has since been betrayed by the NNPP Presidential Candidate and his Boys. He said they have failed  to accommodate  a single person in his (Shekarau) own camp.

A disappointed and aggrieved Shekarau stressed further that it was agreed upon  that his Group will be accommodated in elective positions, but that has been breached.

“All the agreements we had with him were betrayed by Kwankwaso and his boys and they did not accommodate one single person from my camp.

“We reached an agreement to accommodate my supporters into various elective positions in the party, but until now, the committee set up could not accommodate one single person apart from the senatorial slot given to me.

“I will never be a party to injustice. My integrity is utmost and not any political position that will make me compromise it and that of my people. Nobody will use position or money against my integrity.

“I am a man of honour and integrity but his governorship candidate (Abba Yusuf) who was given the responsibility to look at areas to accommodate my people into various elective positions never for one single day did so or even called for meeting let alone accepting my supporters to contest.

“Nobody will use money to change my conscience. I was a governor for eight years in Kano and people believed in my integrity.

“I am still living in a rented house in Abuja and never allocated a single plot of land to myself when I served as Governor in Kano and I challenge anyone who knows my plot of land to expose it.”

Though Shekarau is yet to inform his Group whether they would leave the NNPP if their grievances is not addressed,  but he has aassured them that the next line of action would be communicated to them within a few weeks.

He appealed to his supporters to exercise patience and await his final decision on whether to remain in the NNPP or quit the party.