Former ANPP presidential candidate
A competent source in the know of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) survival strategy to redeem its dwindling fortunes has confirmed that the party is working underground to woo into its fold the immediate past governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.
The PDP’s emissaries, according to the source, have been meeting with Shekarau’s close associates.
Shekarau is presently in a power struggle over the soul of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano State with Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Aside from their recent feud over gratuity, Shekarau alleged Kwankwaso stopped him from benefiting adequate retirement gratuity.
On the possibility to woo Shekarau to the PDP, our source said it was the only thing that would balance the politics of Kano, adding that Vice President Namadi Sambo was leading the move.
“Mind you we have people from Kano like Ghali Umar Na’abba, Abba Dabo, Akilu Indabawa and others who are with us,” he said. “Now if we have Shekarau it will give the APC a good fight and [we will] eventually triumph over them, in view of [the] confusion that will [encircle] them. Just wait and see.”
He did not say what would be the outcome should Shekarau, who expressed a lot of progressive positions during the 2011 presidential contest, refuse to join the PDP, stressing that Kwankwaso and Shekarau could not possibly work harmoniously in Kano APC.
“There are wounds and scars beyond what you can imagine. Even yesterday Shekarau protested to the national leadership of APC, because it is Kwankwaso that has taken over [the] machinery and not him. Kwankwaso’s power is real and there is no place to accommodate Shekarau and his camp,” he said.
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