{"id":20782,"date":"2020-02-01T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=20782"},"modified":"2020-02-01T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:23:49","slug":"ganduje-mocks-kwankwaso-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ganduje-mocks-kwankwaso-again","title":{"rendered":"Ganduje mocks Kwankwaso again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kano Governor, Umar Ganduje, on Friday, said results of the recent re-run elections in the state had proven that his predecessor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, had been retired from politics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-26\"><\/div>\n<p>Ganduje, who recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2020\/01\/23\/ganduje-attacks-kwankwaso-calls-ex-sen-most-selfish-person-ever\/\">called the ex-Minister of Defence a selfish person<\/a>, spoke at the Government House when Speaker of the House of Assembly, Abdul\u2019aziz Garba Gafasa and other principal officers, presented the elected legislators to him.<\/p>\n<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) won two out of the three federal constituencies (Tudunwada\/Doguwa and Kumbotso) and four the state assembly seats (Madobi, Bunkure, Minjibir and Rogo constituencies).<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-27\"><\/div>\n<p>Ganduje said, \u201cSome years back when he (Kwankwaso) was warming up to contest for president, he boasted that he would retire President Muhammadu Buhari and me from politics. But if you look at it now, who then is forced to retire?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe member of the state assembly from Madobi, member House of Representatives from there, Chairman of the local government, councillors, senator where Madobi falls, the state governor and president are all APC. So, we have retired him from politics\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He told the lawmakers to remain loyal to the platform and always respect party supremacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-28\"><\/div>\n<p>On the loss of the ruling party and its candidate, Abdulmumini Jibrin in Kiru\/Bebeji federal constituency re-run, Ganduje said: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t get that seat as a result of the crisis that rocked the party at the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe APC candidate was in conflict with the leadership of the party in the state, in the local government, with the local government administration and even with the electorate. That caused us to lose the seat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jibrin, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2020\/01\/26\/our-election-was-marred-by-riggings-but-i-accept-defeats-kofa-of-apc\/\">accepted defeat<\/a>, claimed that the election was married by rigging.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-29\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kano Governor, Umar Ganduje, on Friday, said results of the recent re-run elections in the state had proven that his predecessor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, had been retired from politics. 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