Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has reportedly threatened to leave the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, following the replacement of several Kwankwasiyya faction candidates in Kano.
The NDC was reported to have replaced several candidates earlier submitted by the Kwankwasiyya faction in Kano State over an alleged breach of a power-sharing agreement contained in a document signed by the Kano State NDC Chairman, Hon. Hussaini Isah Mairiga.
According to the document, the changes were made to reflect an earlier agreement on the distribution of party positions and elective tickets between the existing NDC structure and the Kwankwasiyya bloc.
The document was copied to the National Leader of the opposition political party, Senator Seriake Dickson, Kwankwaso, and the NDC North-West Zonal Chairman.
Under the revised list, the party approved the following candidates for federal constituencies: Barrister Isma’il Idris Sani – Kumbotso; Nasiru Ali Ahmed – Nassarawa; Kabiru Ishaq Sa’id – Kano Municipal; Barrister Dayyabu Jamilu Ibrahim – Doguwa/Tudun Wada; Muhammad Hamisu Abubakar – Dawakin Tofa/Rimin Gado/Tofa; Ibrahim Bashir Bango – Sumaila/Takai; and Abdulmajid Isa Umar Mairigar Fata – Gwale.
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Adjustments were also made to the Kano State House of Assembly tickets in Dala, Tarauni, Kumbotso, Ungogo, and Dawakin Kudu constituencies.
In a related development, Kwankwaso was accused of hijacking the party structure in the North‑West, according to a statement jointly signed by the party’s North‑West Vice Chairman, Mohammed Rabiu Serina, and Kano State Chairman, Hussaini Isa Mariga.
They alleged that the former Kano State governor was excluding non‑Kwankwasiyya members from contesting elective offices on the party’s platform.
The duo, who described themselves as pioneer members of the party, said they were appointed by the party’s National Leader, former Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, before the party’s registration and later confirmed as substantive officers through congresses and the national convention.
Serina and Mariga further stated that they were instrumental in building the party’s structures across Kano State and the North‑West before Kwankwaso and his supporters joined the party.
“The problems began when Kwankwaso sought complete control of the party structure in Kano State during the state congresses. The dispute prompted the intervention of the party’s national leader, Seriake Dickson, who convened a meeting and brokered an agreement granting Kwankwaso and his supporters 60 percent control of the party structure in Kano, while the party retained 40 percent,” the officials said.
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