Governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said his predecessor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has the penchant for imposing his wills on people even when such is believed to be at the detriment of others.
Ganduje said this on Wednesday when he received some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Kwankwasiyya Movement who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Kwankwaso served as governor of Kano between 1999, 2003, 2011 and 2015, with Ganduje serving as his deputy for two terms but their relationship turned sour shortly after the emergence Ganduje as governor in 2015.
Addressing the new members of the ruling party, Ganduje said he had not seen anyone as selfish as Kwankwaso.
Ganduje disclosed that all his attempt to resolve the dispute with the former governor was thwarted, adding that Kwankwaso was not ready to make peace.
“It is natural to be a bit selfish but I have never seen anyone as selfish as Kwankwaso. It was such that he imposed his whims and caprices on all and exploited (all) for his personal benefit, as against the collective interest of all,” he said.
“All of us seated here were with him in the past and we made him what he is politically but had to withdraw from his persistent self-conceit.
“We had initiated reconciliations in the past but Kwankwaso is not the repentant type, it is either his bid that is done or he destroys everything.”
Some of those who defected to the ruling party in the state include Muhammad Taraunu, former member, Kano state house of assembly; Binta Spikin, Kwankwaso’s former spokesperson; Aisha Kaita, a zonal woman leader of PDP in the state; and Idris Bala, a Kwankwasiyya leader.