A former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has argued against the call for zoning the 2023 presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Southern part of Nigeria.

Mr Kwankwaso made his position known in an interview with Channels Television on Sunday night where he also spoke about several political concerns ahead of the 2023 general elections.

In his argument, the two-term governor of Kano State condemned the insistence of the Southern Governors Forum in July 2021 that the next president of the country must come from their region rather than what is best.

He considered the call by the governors and other leaders as an attempt to intimidate the northern region into relinquishing its right to contest the seat.

Mr Kwankwaso said the decision to contest should be based on strategy rather than mere clamour or sentiments.

With reference to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Kwankwaso, who is eyeing the 2023 presidential ticket of the PDP, said the party had produced more southern presidents than the north.

“You see many people are mixing what ordinarily shouldn’t come together at all. We have PDP, we have APC, we have APGA and we have many other parties today in this country. And the issue of where a party put his presidency or vice presidency is a matter of strategy.

“If you look at it from 1999, to date, or even after 2023, we have 16 years for PDP, eight years for APC. Now, in the 16 years of PDP, we had a situation where the presidency has been in the south for 14 years and only in the north for two years during the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of blessed memory.

“Now we see some people, maybe because they don’t understand politics or they want to be mischievous, they keep on mixing the two issues of two political parties together. This PDP and APC are contestants in this game,” he said.

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As it stands, neither the APC nor PDP has announced the zoning of its presidential ticket for next year’s election.

The reluctance of the two major parties in the country to do so has provoked speculations that they may throw the ticket open to all aspirants.

Speaking on speculations of his possible defection from PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Kwankwaso debunked the rumour and reiterated his commitment to ensure victory for his party in the 2023 polls.

In his explanation, he traced the genesis of the speculation to leave the PDP to the treatment meted out on him and his supporters during the party’s congress in Kaduna in 2021.

“As we speak, there is no plan for me to leave the PDP, to join APC, or any other party.

“Of course, there were issues which are very clear to almost everybody; that we had congress in April last year in Kaduna, which I felt and many of my supporters in the North-west and even beyond felt that I was not being treated well and Kano was not being treated the way it should be.


“And therefore, I believe that was the beginning of those issues to the extent that people thought because of that, we would leave the PDP for APC or any other party,” he said, while noting the reconciliatory efforts of the party leaders.

Allies turned rivals
When asked about his feud with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who was his deputy while in office, Mr Kwankwaso maintained a neutral tone.


However, without stating the real cause of their prolonged differences, Mr Kwankwaso chronicled his contributions to Mr Ganduje’s political growth.

He said Mr Ganduje never visited him since he assumed office as governor in 2015 until last December.

The governor, in December 2021, visited Mr Kwankwaso at his Bompai residence in Kano, over the death of his brother, Inuwa Kwankwaso.

The duo had worked together for years before falling out in 2015.

Mr Ganduje had served as Mr Kwankwaso’s deputy during his first and second terms in office. He also worked as a Special Adviser to the former governor when he was appointed as Minister of Defence in ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government.

As a sitting PDP governor, Mr Kwankwaso had joined the APC in 2014 and contested for the party’s presidential ticket in 2015 but lost to Mr Buhari.

He returned to PDP in 2018 and contested in its presidential primaries which he also lost to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

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He will soon join APC

This is someone apc urchins were masturbating he is coming to apc to support Yoruba Muslim

Meanwhile this is old news pdp have thrown the ticket to all as true democrats

If PDP wants to win in 2023 they should zone the president to North simple.

deboysben:
If PDP wants to win in 2023 they should zone the president to North simple.

pdp took the best position it's part of the reason everywhere is calm now

Meanwhile apc is yet to know it's convention date two weeks to go

buhari might just do open participation with his body language so far as a leeway to bringing his candidate

deboysben:
If PDP wants to win in 2023 they should zone the president to North simple.

After shouting Fulani this , Fulani that for 8 years , the next is to bow to Fulani as slave begging them to contest. .. You guys are so confused and the real definition of slaves, zombies and mumunatus

blamingthedevil:
A former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has argued against the call for zoning the 2023 presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Southern part of Nigeria.

Mr Kwankwaso made his position known in an interview with Channels Television on Sunday night where he also spoke about several political concerns ahead of the 2023 general elections.

In his argument, the two-term governor of Kano State condemned the insistence of the Southern Governors Forum in July 2021 that the next president of the country must come from their region rather than what is best.

He considered the call by the governors and other leaders as an attempt to intimidate the northern region into relinquishing its right to contest the seat.

Mr Kwankwaso said the decision to contest should be based on strategy rather than mere clamour or sentiments.

With reference to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Kwankwaso, who is eyeing the 2023 presidential ticket of the PDP, said the party had produced more southern presidents than the north.

“You see many people are mixing what ordinarily shouldn’t come together at all. We have PDP, we have APC, we have APGA and we have many other parties today in this country. And the issue of where a party put his presidency or vice presidency is a matter of strategy.

“If you look at it from 1999, to date, or even after 2023, we have 16 years for PDP, eight years for APC. Now, in the 16 years of PDP, we had a situation where the presidency has been in the south for 14 years and only in the north for two years during the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of blessed memory.

“Now we see some people, maybe because they don’t understand politics or they want to be mischievous, they keep on mixing the two issues of two political parties together. This PDP and APC are contestants in this game,” he said.

ⓘ

As it stands, neither the APC nor PDP has announced the zoning of its presidential ticket for next year’s election.

The reluctance of the two major parties in the country to do so has provoked speculations that they may throw the ticket open to all aspirants.

Speaking on speculations of his possible defection from PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Kwankwaso debunked the rumour and reiterated his commitment to ensure victory for his party in the 2023 polls.

In his explanation, he traced the genesis of the speculation to leave the PDP to the treatment meted out on him and his supporters during the party’s congress in Kaduna in 2021.

“As we speak, there is no plan for me to leave the PDP, to join APC, or any other party.

“Of course, there were issues which are very clear to almost everybody; that we had congress in April last year in Kaduna, which I felt and many of my supporters in the North-west and even beyond felt that I was not being treated well and Kano was not being treated the way it should be.


“And therefore, I believe that was the beginning of those issues to the extent that people thought because of that, we would leave the PDP for APC or any other party,” he said, while noting the reconciliatory efforts of the party leaders.

Allies turned rivals
When asked about his feud with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who was his deputy while in office, Mr Kwankwaso maintained a neutral tone.


However, without stating the real cause of their prolonged differences, Mr Kwankwaso chronicled his contributions to Mr Ganduje’s political growth.

He said Mr Ganduje never visited him since he assumed office as governor in 2015 until last December.

The governor, in December 2021, visited Mr Kwankwaso at his Bompai residence in Kano, over the death of his brother, Inuwa Kwankwaso.

The duo had worked together for years before falling out in 2015.

Mr Ganduje had served as Mr Kwankwaso’s deputy during his first and second terms in office. He also worked as a Special Adviser to the former governor when he was appointed as Minister of Defence in ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government.

As a sitting PDP governor, Mr Kwankwaso had joined the APC in 2014 and contested for the party’s presidential ticket in 2015 but lost to Mr Buhari.

He returned to PDP in 2018 and contested in its presidential primaries which he also lost to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

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Wetin concern kwankwaso with PDP matter, how can he leave, his crises ridden APC and begin to dissipate his spent energy over PDP issue... Any person that is close to him should advice him to go and settle his feud with ganduje and stop this diatrap

Power returns North..

Wike and the governors are just grandstanding for personal interest

Meanwhile

Yoruba people on mention said kwankwanso has already decamped from Pdp

Asked if Apc has sort out reason why he left .. none answered

Tinubu Must contest

Pdp's palava

Tinubu told me President of his intention to contest..
same Tinubu said he’s still consulting ... consulting with who again?

He has declared already.

He must contest... plus Apc minus Apc..

Kwakwanso is coming to APC.

PremiumTimes lifted this news from the interview he gave to Channels TV.

If you watch that interview, Kwakwanso body language is that if he perceive he won’t stand a chance for the PDP ticket in PDP, he would rather decamp that continue within it.

Infact Seun of Channels TV keep hammering him about question of defection to APC but he keep saying No he hasn’t, but nothing is impossible in politics and people realign is what he said.

this people will push PDP into another mistake again

What audacity! Can u imagine a southern saying u must not zone presidency to the North after a southern is about to finish his tenure?Can u? Now that an audacity

Ok

Very true p

Zone it to South abeg. APC and PDP fielded candidates from the North last time, so what's this talk of "what's best"? You will find "what is best" in the South too.

Guess who was fielded as presidential candidate in 2003, 2007, 2011? The Northerner called Buhari. Why did he not complain about zoning then with ANPP?

They're considering north central. All odds are in favour of saraki. Let's see what happens. But I still don't see both the pdp and apc coming back. A new pioitical party comprising mainly youths would send them packing.

Wike loading

Confused people

Those northerners want to be ruling this country forever and yet they don't have senses

Correct man

Northern Nigerian for another 8 years

useless people. when zoning is more important than elevating the HDI of their citizens. like anybody would give a Bleep where the president was from if their dignity was respected and their businesses and livelihood were protected. this slowpoke talking about zoning like its going to lift over 60% of the population out of poverty. I no blame them sha, na the citizens I blame.

Any southerner that thumb prints for a northern candidate based on party politics or whatever come 2023, na Ogun go strike am

They should zone it to the zombie

Some Nigerian politicians are more satanic than Satan himself. .

Very ungood

Nice one

So you are not aware he is in PDP?

Minime10:


Wetin concern kwankwaso with PDP matter, how can he leave, his crises ridden APC and begin to dissipate his spent energy over PDP issue... Any person that is close to him should advice him to go and settle his feud with ganduje and stop this diatrap