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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made the pioneer chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, a laughing stock, Goveror Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State said on Wednesday.
oples Democratic Party (PDP) has made the pioneer chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, a laughing stock, Goveror Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State said on Wednesday.
He made the remark in Kano while receiving merit awards from two groups, APC Kwankwasiyya Amana, Bauchi state chapter; and Nigeria 774 Kwankwasiyya Merger: Kwankwaso for President.
“After he left the APC for the PDP, his new party did not find him worthy of its gubernatorial ticket. I am sure the PDP stakeholders in Adamawa are now laughing at him. We sympathize with him.”
The governor however called on the Adamawa electorate to think wisely and vote for the APC candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, considering the hardships caused to the state by the PDP central government.
He appealed to them to pay back good for good by dumping the PDP and voting for the APC which is ready to bring about positive and realistic changes in the whole country.
“Anybody who voted for PDP, which within five years could not lead the nation rightly has deceived himself,” lamented the governor, pointing out that APC has come up with a credible candidate in person of Senator Muhammad Jibrila Bindaw who can salvage Adamawa state.
He alleged that the Adamawa state PDP chose a candidate whom most of their supporters see as incompetent, hoping that people in the state should opt for APC, describing it as the best party in Nigeria.
Earlier, the chairmen of the NGOs Murtala Abdullahi Dass and Habu Ibrahim Fagge appealed to Kwankwaso to enter the race for the presidency come 2015, assuring him they will mobilize Nigerians to support him.
Meanwhile, Governor Kwankwaso has thanked the state APC stakeholders’ effort in mobilizing people across the nation to support his presidential aspiration in the 2015 general election.
Meeting with them at the Kano Government House also on Wednesday, the governor said that most of the people he met at the APC Northwest rally in Sokoto told him that the message has reached them and they are in support of the aspiration.
He therefore urged the stakeholders to continue to enlighten Nigerians until the APC wins the 2015 general elections. He also reiterated that he's still consulting on the 2015 presidential contest and will make his decision known to the general public very soon.
After having a close door meeting with the party’s National Working Committee on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr Nwanyawu told reporters that his decision to resign was personal.
When asked further if he was bowing out of office to join another political party along with the Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, who party sources said was still negotiating whether to remain in the party or not, Mr Nwanyanwu said he believed in the party’s ideologies.
He, however, urged the public not to read meaning into their decisions.
“I am not leaving to join another political party. I am only leaving because I feel it is time for other persons to come and contribute to the development and growth of the party. That is why i am leaving. People should not read meaning into this,” he said
His resignation is coming few weeks to the party’s third National Convention, where new leaders will be chosen, will hold on October 4.
Popular singer 9ice has finally made official his decision to enter politics.
9ice, whose real name is Abolore Akande, has been a very quiet face in the music industry.
He posted a campaign picture of himself dressed in a white agbada and seated in a white chair, with the caption, “Federal House of Rep 2015. Ogbomosho North/South/Orire Federal Constituency.”
He, however, didn’t mention what political party he would be representing.
What do you think? Can 9ice win?
