I’ve no rift with Kwankwaso – Shekarau

Former Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, has dismissed any notion of animosity between himself and former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

He insists that neither of them is responsible for their past political disagreements.

In a viral video interview, Shekarau clarified that their political differences were shaped by circumstances beyond their control.

“Even now, Kwankwaso and I still sit down and discuss issues. We have never said we wouldn’t unite under one umbrella,” he stated.

He, therefore, stated “Everything is in God’s hands. Twenty years ago, if someone had told you I would be governor, you would have sworn it was impossible—the same goes for him,” Shekarau noted.

Emphasising divine destiny, he concluded that he, Kwankwaso and Abdullahi Ganduje are no different from any other Kano resident.

“There are many people ahead of us in all aspects of life, but God chose us,” he said.

According to him, “Honestly, I believe that Kwankwaso and I have no issue sitting together under one roof. In everything that happened, neither he nor I was at fault.”

However, reflecting on their time in different political parties, he recalled how Kwankwaso, as Kano’s governor, joined other governors from Sokoto, Adamawa, Rivers and a few states in defecting from the PDP to the APC.

He said that the APC interim leadership, comprising Bisi Akande, Muhammadu Buhari, and Bola Tinubu, failed to ensure fairness in party structuring.

“In Kano, the ANPP formed 80 per cent of the APC structure, yet because he was a sitting governor, they allocated him 60 per cent of the party leadership, which we questioned as an injustice,” Shekarau explained.

Shekarau also cited a similar experience within the PDP, stressing that Kwankwaso was not to blame there either, as the party leadership made the decisions.

According to him, the same issue of injustice arose in the NNPP, where an agreed power-sharing formula was later disregarded.