Kwankwaso did not decamp to PDP – Aide

Malam Nafiu Umar Dankura, personal assistant to former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has reacted to news of his principal’s ‘defection’.
Dankura, who admitted that the PDP reached out to him and other members who left the party, clarified that the former governor is still in APC.

He said the “fake news” was not true, insisting that Senator Kwankwaso remains a “strong pillar” in the All Progressives Congress.
“It is rumour and fake news that is circulating in some online media and radio stations that the Distinguished Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has defected to PDP”.
“This is not true as the Distinguished Senator is a strong pillar of APC and he is still an APC card holder.
“The senator has not at anytime thought of decamping to PDP,” he told Nation.

Asked if the PDP had made overtures to Kwankwaso, Dankura said: “There has never been anything like that.
“PDP was only calling on all their members that left the party to come back. It wasn’t just about him.”
It would be recalled that Kano chapter of the APC has also reacted to Kwankwaso’s ‘defection’.
Kwankwaso has been at loggerheads with his successor and former deputy, Umar Ganduje.

They fell out just three months after Ganduje assumed office.
In March last year, the leadership of the APC in Kano had initiated moves to suspend him over what it termed “anti-party activities”.