A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Yekini Nabena has advised Rabiu Kwakwanso to stop inciting northerners against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Yekini, a former Deputy national Publicity Secretary of the APC said urged the former Kano state to stop using arm twisting tactics against the president for pecuniary and selfish politicals gains.
The former APC Deputy Spokesman issued the warning from the backdrop of a recent Kwakwanso remark to the effect that federal government’s infrastructure and road projects in the country are not in favour of the north.
The Tinubu administration has rebuffed the claim saying infrastructure and road projects are fairly redistributed across the country.
Speaking, Nabena urged the former Kano state helmsman and NNPP Leader to stop blackmailing the president in order to promote his political mileage, accusing Kwakwanso of using ‘Kano votes’ for “political business”.
He said Kwakwanso has refused to come to the reality that after the eight years tenure of the north in the Nigerian Presidency, a southerner in person of Tinubu is now leading the country, wondering whether the country belongs to North alone.
He said the “former governor is up to’ something sinister, and that’s why he’s trying to instigate the people of the region against President Tinubu, adding that Nigerians now understand the former governor for who he’s, a political contractor, noting that the era of playing religious and ethnic cards to achieve political gains is over.
Nabena : “Is the North inferior or superior to the South after eight years of the North at the helm of affairs of Nigeria? Why is “Senator Kwankwaso still complaining of underdevelopment in the North when the region just completed its eight years? One will also wonder which of the northern money or resources was used to develop the South. Is it the gold, rice, or groundnut pyramid?
“As politicians, we all understand what the former governor is up to. He is working hard to incite the North against the southern presidency, but that has failed woefully because the South must complete its eight years in the presidency for fairness and equity
“You cannot intimidate the South or anybody with Kano votes any longer because, as politicians, we all know the game and what you are up to. The era of playing religious or ethnic cards is becoming increasingly unfashionable.”
Not a few insist that the former governor may have chosen this time to attack the president, in order to strengthen his position amidst suggestions that he’s being considered to replace Kashim Shetima as President Tinubu’s running mate in 2027 under the APC.
Kwakwanso had recently stated that he’s open to working with President Tinubu even though he has yet to say whether he will dump his party, the NNPP to achieve this aim.
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