Politics
Nobody can stop me from going to Kano- Kwankwaso
A former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has insisted that neither the police nor anyone else can stop him from going to Kano, in reaction to the earlier police warning advising him not to enter the state for security reasons.
He said his mission was to go there peacefully to see his constituents.
The police, while warning Kwankwaso, had said the law would be allowed to take its full course in the event of a breakdown of law and order as a result of the planned visit already raising intensity levels on the ground. The tension is due largely to the bitter rivalry between the former governor and the current governor, Umar Ganduje, which assumed a violent dimension only recently when supporters clashed.
The tension is also being fuelled by rumours that Kwankwaso is planning a spirited run for president in 2019.
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However, Kwankwaso, who spoke through his spokesperson, Binta Sipikin, in Kano, said he would go to the state with ”seven camera drones”, three international media outfits and, ”a host of other top national and international friends of his.”
He said his visit was a well-planned one that will be peaceful.
“We are coming to visit friends, families and other relatives that for a long time, we have not seen. We have coordinated this visit with seven camera drones and other apparatus that would make it a hitch free home coming,” he said.
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