Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State said yesterday that the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s elections remain formidable as they have always been over the years.
Ganduje told former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, who visited him in the Government House,Kano, that Buhari has “ never lost election in Kano, even when he was in the opposition.”
“At one time, we were in government, and he was in the opposition, and Buhari won his election here in Kano. Since he started politics in Nigeria, he has not lost election in Kano,” Ganduje said.
“So, this time around, his chances are much higher because before he was in one party and the state government was in another party. But this time around, he is the Mr. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the APC and I am the governor of Kano State and I am in the APC.For your information, when Buhari came here for a two-day state visit, we were holding a meeting of stakeholders and we told him that we would take him to court, if he decided not to contest election. And luckily enough, he escaped our litigation. He succumbed to our request and our pledge and he accepted to contest election.
“So, a state that offered that kind of threat and he accepted to contest election is a Buhari state. Secondly, Kano State has the highest number of delegates. We have over 400 delegates for the convention and any primary, so, you can see that Kano is a minimum of three states together.
“So, you can see how important we are. Luckily enough, Buhari is Kano and Kano is Buhari. I think that is the political language here.”
Kalu claimed those opposing Buhari’s re-election want Nigeria to return to pre-2015 when treasury looting became the norm.
“They don’t want us to save money for the poor people. There cannot be Christmas and Sallah every day. We don’t have Sallah every day. They have looted enough; they should allow the masses to benefit.
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