We can’t hand over Kano governorship ticket to Kwankwaso- APC
The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it’s impossible for the party to hand over the 2027 governorship ticket to Sen. Musa Kwankwaso, as a precondition for his return.
Malam Ahmed Aruwa, the spokesperson for the APC in the state, stated this when he spoke with newsmen on Friday in Kano.
Reacting to speculations that Kwankwaso, the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) had demanded for the APC governorship ticket in return for his comeback, Aruwa said such demands were as unrealistic.
“The conditions we are hearing, that our governorship ticket should be handed over to him or his candidate, are totally unacceptable. The APC already has strong aspirants — Senator Barau Jibrin, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna and AA Zaura, among others. There is no vacancy for Kwankwaso’s conditions,” he added.
Aruwa who dismissed remarks by Kwankwaso that he was ready to return to the APC under certain conditions, said that such claims were misleading and unacceptable, insisting that the APC neither sought nor welcomed his return.
He added that the proper way to join a political party was through formal procedures, not by issuing public demands.
“He disregarded the fact that joining a party has proper channels and procedures. If Kwankwaso wants to return, he knows how to formally convey that, not through public conditions,” Aruwa said.
The spokesman also faulted Kwankwaso’s claim of being among the pioneers of the APC in Kano.
“That is not true. It was former governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau who actually led the formation of APC in Kano. Kwankwaso can not rewrite history,” he said.
Aruwa said that the APC would comfortably win the 2027 elections without Kwankwaso’s influence, just as it did in 2023.
“Even in 2023, it was APC that won the election, not the NNPP. We are confident that we will win again in 2027 without him,” he said.
He also alleged that Kwankwaso had previously joined the APC only under conditions.
“It was given to him under conditions that he would align with the APC. We have solid facts, and we will expose them at the appropriate time,” Aruwa said.
