The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that the party will welcome Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former Kano Governor if he decides to join.
Speaking to news reporters after receiving Alhaji Yusuf Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Ganduje said:” The APC is deepening and widening democracy in the country.
”Kwankwaso is a fish out of water, trying to find its way back into the waters.
“We cannot say we can’t accommodate him, because a friend in need is a friend indeed.
“We don’t want to leave him completely abandoned, we can still have him in, if he wants to join us”.
“When you see your son running to where he would get shelter and you are a big brother in a big home, I think it is morally right to accommodate him.
“So, we cannot say we cannot accommodate him,” Ganduje stressed.
In 2023, Kwankwaso ran for the Presidency under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) receiving 6.23% of the vote.
Ata, who is a former Kano Speaker, stated that his reason for visiting Ganduje was to appreciate him and give his support for what the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is doing in Kano State.
“We are strongly behind Tinubu, and we are working round the clock to ensure we deliver Kano State in 2027,” he said.
Speaking on the ‘Kwankwasiyya movement”, Ata said the Kwankwasiyya red cap era was becoming a thing of the past in the state.
”For me, I will not want the former Kano State governor to be welcomed into the APC fold. But I have no choice if our national chairman decides to have him on board,” Ata said.
