A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has recounted how Rabiu Kwankwaso chased away three prominent Islamic clerics sent by Atiku Abubakar to persuade him to step down from the presidential race.
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According to Galadima, the Islamic clerics were prominent persons. Former Heads of State were part of those sent by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential.
They were asking the NNPP presidential candidate, for a merger.
This revelation was made by Galadima in an interview with Trust TV.
Galadima said: “We will defeat Atiku in Jada Local Government of Adamawa State. Atiku is not in this race. Yes! On paper he is, but he is not a candidate. How would he win? Through what?
We Are More Northerners
“Atiku is using religious leaders to appeal to Kwankwaso to step down for him.
“Atiku used former heads of state and prominent people to appeal to Kwankwaso. He used traditional rulers, spent billions of naira to persuade them to go and talk to Kwankwaso to step down for him.
“He used northern groups to try to manipulate and say that they interviewed the presidential candidates and found Atiku to be the best. They know we know, they could not achieve their vision.
“We are more northerners than them.
“Kwankwaso is from Kano and I am from Gashua. My village to the extreme part of the north is about 50 kilometers, so I am northerner than them and I am older.
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“Recently he (Atiku) sent some three prominent Islamic scholars to Kwankwaso’s house to kneel down for him pleading that he should step down.
“We sent them away. Yes! Who are they? We respect that regalia but if they remove it, we will ask small boys to deal with them.”
iBrandtv understands that Galadima was a loyalist of Atiku in the 2019 presidential race.
