Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State has reacted to reports of possible agreement reached with presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
Speaking in an interview with BBC, the leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) said he never entered an agreement with either Atiku or Obi to share power by alternating terms.
Kwankwaso while stating that he is unawree of such plans acknowledged that he had heard reports that members of the Atiku camp had been consulting and having meetings with regional leaders and clerics to push such narrative.
Disclosing his displeasure over such activities bu elders, Kwankwaso said he wa informed that about 45 clerics were gathered and armed with such lies and fabricated story.
His words, “I did not appreciate this at all.
“They were told that I had agreed to a deal where Atiku would serve for four years, I would serve for another four years, and Peter Obi would serve for eight years. This is completely false; such an agreement never existed,” the former governor said.
He further noted that he has found peace and stayed away from humiliation since leaving the PDP for NNPP.
“Such lies and deceit are precisely why we left. Myself, Peter Obi, Wike, and others all left. Now they are coming back, asking us to help those who humiliated us to achieve their goals,” Kwankwaso said.
Source: Guardian
