Kano: Ganduje opens up on what APC did to make Appeal Court sack Governor Yusuf

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, said the ruling party waited for the right time to strike the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP)and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state.

According to Vanguard, Ganduje said the NNPP went into the ring without making careful observations.

Ganduje alleged that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Governor Yusuf ran to the NNPP after they were repeatedly punched at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He said NNPP Kwankwaso and Governor Yusuf tickets after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had closed the submission of nomination forms.

As reported by The Nation, Ganduje made the revelation while addressing some party supporters on Saturday, November 18.

“And because they desperately wanted a governor in Kano State, the party gave them a ticket to contest. But they made a serious blunder because, when they joined the party, INEC had closed the submission of nomination forms. But they were blind and uneducated. They went into the ring without making careful observation of this.

“They did not know that we were waiting. We took the file, submitted it to Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, and told him to hold it tight. When we filed a petition at the Kano governorship election tribunal, we told the court that they were not fielded by the party. We told the court that when INEC closed accepting names of candidates, they did not join the party.”