By OUR REPORTER, Kano
Revelation has been made of high level sinister moves by a group of highly placed politically exposed persons in Northern part of the country working in cahoots with leaders in other regions to destabilize the current political trajectory in Kano State.
They are said to be in top gear of plans to cause chaos in the ongoing appeal by the New Nigeria’s Peoples Party (NNPP)’s candidate, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, against ruling of the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, annuling his March 18 victory.
This revelation, according to a media report, was made know by the Northern Diaspora Forum (NDF) at a press conference in Atlanta Georgia, United States of America, recently.
According to the NDF, the group is led by General Aliyu Gusau, suppprted by Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, former Governors Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi) and the immediate past Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Gaduja, who now National Chairman of tge All Progressives Congress (APC).
The NDF Leader, Auwal Mamorah, stated that the five-man political mafia squad led by Gusau are bent on causing political tension in Kano and throwing the state into monumental chaos.
According to Auwal, General Gusau has since mobilized to action in galvanising support of Nigerian leaders including former heads of state/presidents to ensure Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and his NNPP are blocked from grabbing any political opportunity.
The political mafia members, who are described as enemies of Kano State, have been working with seven other powerful people within Nigeria’s political space, which the NDF was set to unveil soonest as the investigation continued.
The major aim and mission of these highly placed individuals, the investigated report precisely by Sahara Reporters, were to neutralize Kwankwaso’s political strength in Kano and Northern Nigeria at large ahead of 2027 political timing.
He hinted that the Gusau’s ring group was working closely with the Court of Apeal judges to validate the judgment of the tribunal that declare APC candidate Yusuf Gamuna as winner of Kano guber election of March 18.
The group stressed that Abba Yusuf was rightly voted by the Kano people, owing to the NNPP maxim of talakawa movement, popularly known as Kwankwasiyah movement, an ideological movement of late Aminu Kano championed by Rabiu Kwankwaso.
He added that Governor Hope Uzodinma, of Imo State, was drafted into the fold by Ganduje, following his vast network in the judicial circle.
Auwal warned that Kano, being a critical decider in Nigeria’s political spectrum, should not be hijacked by selfish political gladiators whose interest is to advance their evil agenda of conquest and not people’s oriented governance.
He sighted how General Gusau imposed his son, Mahadi Gusau, as deputy governor under former Governor Mohammed Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State in 2019, when Peoples Democratic Patty (PDP) took over the state.
He later pushed to make the son succeed his principal which led to matawalle decamped to APC and the governor orchestrating Mahadi’s impeachment.
The NDF leader declared that all this political scheming is to return his son as the governor come 2027, the reason he has aligned with Ganduje and the other north west political leaders to decimate Kwankwaso politically by witch-hunting governor Yusuf Abba and truncating NNPP led administration in Kano state.
According to Auwal, Badaru the minister of Defence despite being a resident of Kano is also working hand-in- hand with the group to truncate the gains of NNPP in Kano state. You will recall Badaru was also a presidential aspirant on the platform of APC before he later dropped his ambition and aligned with Ahmed Tinubu, with the hope of clinching the vice presidential running mate to Tinubu.
While Bagudu on the other hand is the one coordinating meetings across the to make sure he garnered support so as to turn the people of the state against the governor and discredit the NNPP led government and the kwankwasiya movement.
The leader of the group Auwal also drew the attention of Kano people in an article published by peoples Gazzette credited to Farouq Kperogi, were the Professor raised concerned issues of judicial manipulation by the APC in the Kano tribunal judgement. Citing instances of high order compromise from above to deny Kano people of their preferred NNPP governor.
He noted that the fear of the so-called general Gusau’s group are scared of the peoples oriented policies of NNPP which are centered on the Maxim of talakawa ideology earlier championed by late Aminu Kano and currently entrenched in the north west by kwankwaso through NNPP.
He then urged all well meaning Nigerians, most especially North West political elite, to be aware of the political mafia group that is out to sabotage the wishes of Kano people for their personal political advancement.
Adding that all hands should be on deck to see that judiciary does the wishes of the overwhelming people of Kano state.
