A former National Vice Chairman, North-West of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman, has revealed why Rabiu Kwankwaso may not make it to the presidency in his political career.
Recall that Kwankwaso was a former governor of Kano State and had aspired for presidency under New Nigeria Peoples Party in the 2023 general election.
Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, Lukman described Kwankwaso’s ambition as a “mirage,” insisting that the former Kano State governor can only make it by reconciling with the National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Ganduje.
“The ambition of Senator Kwankwaso is to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Where he is today, I can confidently say that it will be like a mirage for him to be the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“It will take years of building and negotiation across the country which may outlive his lifespan and if we are to fast-track it and open our party for him to come back in such a way that we renegotiate his relationship with Dr Ganduje and across the state, we also renegotiate relationships between leaders and bring in new forces, Nigerians are even likely to have more confidence in the party,” he said.
On the crisis rocking the party and Ganduje, he said, “We must push Dr Abdullahi Ganduje to renegotiate relationships back in his state because it’s political. If you don’t approach it politically, you will never take it away. You can replace Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and if the capacity to get leaders to do the right thing in their base is not addressed, we will continue to get into this.
“We must accept that things are not alright within the APC, forget about the Ganduje matter in Kano. The reality is that we have problems that require us to come back to rebuild our party.”
