I have not made up my mind, Kano Dep. Gov debunks decamping story

The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar has denied stories making the rounds that he has decamped from the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The story of his decampment was rife on social media last night with a supposed tweet from the official Twitter handle of the PDP welcoming him to the party alongside others.

Denying the report in a statement issued by a media aide in his office, Abdulwahab Sa’id Ahmad, the governor said: “The attention of the office of the Deputy Governor of Kano state Professor Hafiz Abubakar has been drawn to a story circulating in the social media saying that he has defected from APC to PDP, it is important to inform all his supporters, well wishers, associates and the general public that such important decision is not taken on the pages of social media.”

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“The general public should note that whatever the future political direction of His Excellency Professor Hafiz Abubakar the state Deputy Governor and his teeming supporters and political associates would be in the public domain at the appropriate time after due consultations with all concerned elders” the statement added.

Prof. Abubakar had cried out through a petition to the DSS and the police that his life was under threat. This made the security agencies to reinforce his security arrangement. That however was not well received by the state government which advised him to either resign from office or stay.
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews….

 

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