Kwankwaso Reconciles with Shekarau, Moves against APC

In what appears to be an unprecedented twist in the politics of Kano State, two former governors and erstwhile political archrivals in the state, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, met at the weekend in Abuja.

THISDAY gathered that the meeting, which was the first since Kwankwaso’s defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recently, was to bury their differences and form a formidable team that would mobilise the electorate in the state against President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje ahead of 2019 elections.

It was also gathered that it was the first formal meeting of the former political opponents in 15 years when Kwankwaso paid a congratulatory visit to Shekarau for defeating him in the 2003 governorship election.

According to impeccable sources, the brief meeting took place at Shekarau’s Asokoro residence in Abuja on Saturday night.

THISDAY, July 30, 2018

 

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