Leaked tape: Ganduje’s deputy speaks of opting out ahead 2019

KANO – Governor Ganduje’s political calculation for a second term in office may have suffered a setback following the decision of his deputy, Professor Hafiz Abubakar to align with Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso against the option of joint ticket with his principal ahead 2019.

Hafiz Abubakar, a professor of Food and Nutritional Biochemistry, said that he was hand-picked by the former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to be the running mate of Mr Ganduje in 2015.
In a leaked audio obtained by Vanguard in Kano, the academic turned politician, revealed that his wish is “to return to Bayero University, Kano at the end of their tenure in 2019.”

The turn of events for Professor Abubakar might not be unconnected with the fallouts of political sparring between him and the Ganduje-led group in the formation of party structure and leadership at his ward and local government levels.
In the leaked tape, an apparently frustrated deputy governor said “when they were campaigning for election, my picture was juxtaposed with the governor, president and our leader, Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

Vanguard, December 19, 2017

 

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