There is crack in the Kano
State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following an alleged
leaked audio in which Deputy Governor Prof. Hafiz Abubakar alluded that he
would dump his principal, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and return to the university.
Abubakar,
a Professor at the Bayero University, Kano reportedly vented his anger over
developments in the Kano chapter of the APC where he was reportedly sidelined
in the scheme of things.
He was said to have been
“railroaded” by ex- Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso as Ganduje’s deputy ahead of the
2015 gubernatorial election and “marriage of convenience” had since
deteriorated.
Ganduje
had since parted ways with Kwankwaso even as there were suggestions that the
former Kano governor was realigning with his political allies and even some
foes to dislodge Ganduje by 2019.
In
the leaked audio which had already gone viral today, Prof. Abubakar said he was
yearning to “return to Bayero University, Kano at the end of their tenure in
2019.”
He
was reportedly axed out of prominence as far as the ruling APC was concerned,
including at his ward and local government levels; hence his resolve to dump
the plum political job for the academia at the end of their first tenure
with Ganduje.
“When
they were campaigning for election, my picture was juxtaposed with the governor
(Ganduje), president (Muhammadu Buhari) and our leader Engr. Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso,” the prof. said.
“But
today at my birthplace, my picture was replaced with somebody else’s picture.
What have I done to my birthplace? I do not deserve this even as a university
lecturer at Bayero University, where I hope to return in 2019 at the expiration
of my tenure.
“Pray
for me to return to the university by May 2019, and this is what I’m fervently
asking from Allah. Those who want to continue should go on, but my prayer is to
go back to Bayero University.
“I
will not be part of a system whereby the leadership of my party, APC, would be
formed at my Mandawari ward, my birthplace, and my blood brother was removed
without anyone consulting with me.
“I
did not bring myself here. I was engrossed in my academic activities when I was
picked as the deputy governorship candidate. God that chose me is not sleeping.
Whether I am in the university, God knows the best. I pray to him to choose the
best for me,” he said.
The
state government had this afternoon expressed “shock” over the turn of events.
Speaking
through the his Commissioner for Information, Governor Ganduje
said he was shocked by the statement made by his deputy which was
aired on radio over the removal of his Mandawari ward party chairman.
The
statement reportedly directed the immediate reinstatement of the removed
chairman and called on politicians to always contact party leadership and
politicians holding higher offices before embarking on issues of sensitive
nature.
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