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Why G5 plotted crisis in NASS leadership

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A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has insinuated that the recent crisis in the National Assembly over the election of its leaders was caused by the group of five former PDP governors (G5) who defected to the APC.

According to him, the APC leadership probably underrated the G-5 governors in deciding on those that should vie for top positions in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Member of the G5 are Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Alhaji Magatakarda Wamakko (Sokoto) and Kwara State Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed, as well as Kwankwaso.

Kwankwaso in an interview with reporters in Abuja on Monday, stated that the miscalculation played out on the floor of the National Assembly during the election of the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as well as their deputies.

“The leaders of APC may have underrated the members of the G-5 governors and their potential to do good or to do bad depending on the circumstances,” the former governor said.

He also explained that apart from this, some of his colleagues (ex-governors) in the Senate felt a certain party leader had had a domineering influence on the party and had also had his own fair share of positions.

These, combined with other factors, he claimed, worked against the party’s interest during the elections in the National Assembly.

Kwankwaso also expressed disappointment that the party missed some important steps that it should have taken to avoid the loss it suffered in the National Assembly.

He said, “On the issue of what went wrong with our party with regard to the crisis during the election of the National Assembly leadership, I think so many things went wrong prominent of which has to do with time”.

Kwankwaso said, “I think the party is unfortunately divided but it is not too late to correct things. The party should take steps to correct things and to ensure that the crisis is quickly put behind it.”

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  1. Ifenkili

    June 16, 2015 at 6:57 am

    People be -plotting up and down. Buhari should stand up and do something. But what do i know? never mind….sweet tea.

  2. Deny

    June 16, 2015 at 7:49 am

    I have not seen baba for long hope he is doing well…anyways i need that ya actions oo

  3. Oise

    June 16, 2015 at 8:01 am

    Hmmm! Plots and counter plots, an interesting part of our brand of politics. APC, deal with it and move on.

  4. billion$

    June 16, 2015 at 10:36 am

    Issorait! G5 – nice name..

  5. Seun

    June 16, 2015 at 1:30 pm

    …and the conspiracies continue to pile up. Somehow I find this really interesting and a good thing. Finally we playing politics as it should be played. I jus dont want it detrimental to the nation’s overall growth.

  6. Ripples

    June 16, 2015 at 1:33 pm

    season movie, e no dey finissh

  7. Don Lucassi

    June 16, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    Mr Rabiu, you could have given these ideas at the planning stage to help avoid this so that you dont have to give the advice now. When a problem has happened, everyone now thinks they had the solution in their head but never said anything. Mtchewwww

  8. com ralph

    June 17, 2015 at 12:12 am

    Rabiu,u av nt made a point sir,so that is you nd ur so cald G5 group distroyed d lond tym srungle of we Nigerians who stand to reject d pdp goverment for us to av a better Nig where curruption we wipe away……can’t b suprise wen I read d news that u we be given 9bn for ur wordrope allawance, suffering for d masses!!! God we purnish u all…

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