Abdullahi Ganduje, nationwide chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Get together (NNPP) within the 2023 election, will quickly return to the ruling get together.
Ganduje, who served as governor of Kano state for 2 phrases, made the assertion whereas internet hosting members of the Tinubu Help Group (TSG) on the APC nationwide secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, April 15.
Declaring the NNPP a fading power in Nigerian politics, Ganduje stated the get together was now not a threat to the APC. He described the NNPP as a useless get together, including that preparations for its metaphorical burial have been already underway.
“The NNPP is useless. And it’ll quickly be buried; very, very quickly. I’m taking a look at the place we are going to bury the physique. The coffin has already been constructed,” Ganduje stated. “What stays now’s to dig the grave. And already they’re digging the grave very, very quickly.”
He dismissed ongoing coalition efforts amongst opposition leaders aimed toward unseating President Bola Tinubu, expressing confidence that such strikes wouldn’t succeed. Ganduje additionally acknowledged that Kwankwaso, who at present leads the NNPP, can be welcomed again into the APC fold ought to he resolve to return.
“The so-called NNPP nationwide chief, he too, if he says after shedding everybody, he desires to return again to us, we are going to welcome him, as a result of he’s coming again dwelling,” he stated.
Ganduje inspired all APC assist {groups} to stay steadfast of their loyalty and proceed to mobilize assist for the Tinubu administration. He pledged that the get together would acknowledge and embrace these {groups} in future actions.
As a part of preparations for the upcoming November 8 governorship election in Anambra, the APC chairman inaugurated a six-man reconciliation committee for the state’s three senatorial districts.
Earlier on Friday, April 11, Ganduje reiterated his stance on the proposed opposition alliance forward of the 2027 normal election, stating it could fail. He made the remarks throughout a go to by the APC nationwide working committee to the residence of former President Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna.