Former Kano state governor Rabiu Kwankwaso
Former governor of Kano state and a bigwig of the ruling APC, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has acknowledged that as a candidate of the opposition PDP, he would defeat President Muhammadu Buhari within the 2019 elections.
Kwankwaso, an aggrieved member of the ruling party, made this generally known as he picked the previous ruling party as the one one that may defeat Buhari in subsequent yr’s polls.
The speedy previous governor of Kano has usually claimed credit for serving to Buhari win 1.9 million votes within the extremely populated state.
In an interview with veteran journalist Dele Momodu, the previous governor mentioned, “I’m a free man now and out there to strive my luck elsewhere however I do know that PDP is the largest party and so long as they comply with democratic precept, Buhari will simply be defeated, but when they handpick and pressure any candidate on the party, they may fail.
“PDP needs someone from the 3k States: Kano, Katsina and Kaduna to win the next election. That’s where the votes are. It would be difficult to win if they pick someone from any other zone…” he mentioned.
“I can guarantee them that I will beat Buhari if given the chance.”
Kwankwaso’s newest problem towards his party comes barely a week after he shunned the party’s nationwide conference in Abuja.
The senator just isn't on good phrases along with his successor in Kano, Abdullahi Ganduja, whom he claims he helped grow to be governor of the state. Ganduja was Kwankwaso’s deputy till May 29, 2015.