The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has tagged the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as a serial loser in the presidential election contest.
He stated this on Tuesday when he received the Bauchi state NNPP governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Senator Haliru Jika who formally returned the APC at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja
Ganduje was Kwankwaso’s deputy when he served as the Governor of Kano state, before they later fell out.
The chairman stressed that the founder of Kwankwasiyya would prefer to be “a king in hell than to be a servant in paradise” because he prioritises his personal ambition above national interest.
He stressed that his former boss is driven by personal ambition which has seen him change political parties a number of times.
He stated: “He is returning to a party that is very progressive and focused when we look at where he was coming from. He is coming from a party that used to be a decent party and highly respected but was later hijacked and polluted by the Kwankwasiyya group.
“The Kwankwasiyya group headed by the former Kano state governor was forced to go into a sabbatical leave for eight years before it found its way back to Government House in Kano.
“The Kwankwasiya head who wears a red cap is the person who prefers to be a king in hell than be a servant in paradise. He specialises in deceiving people. He was first in PDP and came back to APC when it was formed. That was when the nPDP merged with the legacy parties to form the APC.
“Instead of staying in APC because of his ambition, he decided to leave APC after failing to pick the presidential ticket to go back to the PDP. He could not stay there again when he failed to pick up the ticket.
“He still went on his own to contest the presidential poll and was defeated twice. He is a professional contestant for presidential elections and would remain a professional failure. He loves himself so much. I am happy you have dumped the red cap. It is a very sensible action that you have taken.”
Ganduje assured the returnees of inclusiveness in the running of the party in the state as part of an ongoing effort to reposition the party ahead of the 2027 polls.