2027: We don’t need Kwankwaso to deliver Kano for Tinubu – APC chieftain

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano

A stalwart of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano, Seyi Olorunsola, has dismissed postulations that President Bola Tinubu needs Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso’s political prowess to secure victory in the state during the 2027 presidential election

Contrary to such claims Olorunsola said APC currently has in its ranks political heavyweights that can give President Tinubu resounding victory in the next presidential election, without Kwankwaso.

The former Local Government lawmaker, who is currently Senior Legislative Aide to Deputy Senate President, Dr. Barau I. Jibrin, said this while speaking to journalists in Kano, on Sunday.

Olorunsola also affirmed that Kwankwaso who is the National Leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) cannot stop Tinubu from winning Kano and the entire North, in the next general election.

The APC Chieftain who is the Convener of the Tinubu/Barau/Atah Movement, urged President Tinubu and the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, to refrain from giving Kwankwaso undue attention.

According to him, “APC in Kano has perfected a winning strategy that does not rely on former Governor Kwankwaso’s influence.”

Olorunsola further argued that, “Kwankwaso cannot match the combined political weight of Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Atah, and Senator Kawu Sumaila.

“Yusuf Abdullahi Atah is from Kano Central; he will checkmate Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from that zone. Kano North has Barau Jibrin and former governor and immediate past APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, while Kano Southern District has Senator Kawu Sumaila. By our calculation, we have a formidable campaign team for the 2027 general polls.”

Olorunsola disclosed that, “the Tinubu/Barau/Atah Movement is projecting Barau Jibrin as the APC governorship candidate for the 2027 election in Kano, with Atah as his running mate.”

According to him, “Kwankwaso’s push to join APC is a strategy to disrupt this arrangement and pave the way for Governor Abba Yusuf’s re-election.

“Kwankwaso is aware of this arrangement and is afraid of Barau’s growing popularity in the state. That is why he is desperate to join APC and scuttle that arrangement.”