2027: Incitement against Tinubu won’t work, APC Chieftain tells Kwankwaso

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Yekini Nabena, has decried recent comments attributed to the former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

The former Defence Minister had last week alleged that the South is favoured in the distribution of projects and road infrastructure by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. He maintained that the present administration has neglected the northern part of the country.

Reacting to Kwankwaso’s claim, Honourable Nabena accused the former presidential candidate of a deliberate agenda to incite the average electorate in the North against President Tinubu in order to score cheap political points ahead of the forthcoming general elections.

He noted that such incitement for “a political business or negotiation, like some politicians did in 2019 and 2023,” can no longer work because the people now know the real intention.

“The Kano voters now know who is using them for political business, and even the political gladiators now understand the tactics of political merchants.”

While he declared that Kwankwaso’s claim was not a true reflection of the situation across the country, the former APC National Publicity Secretary challenged the NNPP chieftain to travel across the South-South states by road and compare “the road networks in the oil-rich region, where the major revenue is coming from,” to that of the northern region.

He said: “Is the North inferior or superior to the South after eight years of the North at the helm of affairs of Nigeria? Why is Senator Kwankwaso still complaining of underdevelopment in the North when the region just completed its eight years? One will also wonder which of the northern money or resources was used to develop the South. Is it the gold, rice, or groundnut pyramid?

“As politicians, we all understand what the former governor is up to. He is working hard to incite the North against the southern presidency, but that has failed woefully because the South must complete its eight years in the presidency for fairness and equity.”

The former APC spokesman declared that the average northern voter would not be swayed by Kwankwaso’s claims, which he dismissed as spurious.

“You cannot intimidate the South or anybody with Kano votes any longer because, as politicians, we all know the game and what you are up to. The era of playing religious or ethnic cards is becoming increasingly unfashionable.”

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