By Akinwale Kasali
Abdullahi Ganduje, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that Rabiu Kwankwaso and his supporters will be welcomed into the APC fold as madmen who returned to their vomit if they defect to the ruling APC.
The former Kano State Governor also took a swipe at Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, describing his politics as inconsistent and their governance style as “directionless”.
Speaking with BBC Hausa in Kaduna on Saturday during a stakeholders’ meeting of APC leaders, Ganduje dismissed speculations that Kwankwaso might defect to the APC.
According to him, Kwankwaso lacks
consistency to return to the ruling party after repeatedly ridiculing it.
“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,’” Ganduje said.
On the possibility of reconciling with Kwankwaso and former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, Ganduje said it was not out of place, stressing that all three of them have governance experience to guide the current administration if unity becomes necessary.
Further lashing Governor Yusuf, Ganduje described his successor’s administration as “government of vendetta and cluelessness,” accusing it of wasting resources and lacking governance capacity.
“When I took over power, 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?”, Ganduje queried.
He continued: “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.”
On his removal as APC National Chairman, Ganduje said it was purely a matter of zoning and political rotation.
“The President did not wrong me. Leadership is by God’s will. He gives it to whom He wants at any time,” he said.
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