A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Yekini Nabena, has asked Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to stop inciting the north against President Bola Tinubu or any other southerner ahead of the 2027 general election.
Nabena said no ethnic, religious or regional sentiment played up by Kwankwaso against the southern presidency can hold waters, adding that eight years of a southerner in the seat of power was sacrosanct.
Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), recently faulted the federal government on the distribution of the nation’s wealth, alleging that the south was being favoured over the north.
The former Kano State Governor also alleged that the road networks in the region have remained in a poor condition, while infrastructure investments have been more concentrated in the south.
Reacting to these remarks, Nabena allged that the real intention of the former governor was to incite the Northerners against the current administration and frustrate the re-election of a Southerner in 2027 to complete 8 years of the Southern presidency.
The APC chieftain said such incitement for “a political business or negotiation, like some politicians did in 2019 and 2023 can no longer work because the people now know the real intention.
“The Kano voters now know who is using them for political business and even the political gladiators now understand the tactics of political machants.”
The Bayelsa State-born politician, however challenged Kwankwaso to travel across the South-South states by road and compare the road networks in the oil-rich region, to that of the Northern region.
He said, “Is the north inferior or superior to the south after eight years of the north in the helm of affairs of Nigeria? Why is Senator Kwankwaso still complaining of under-development in the North when the region just completed its 8 years? One will also wonder which of the northern money or resources was used to develop the South? Is it the gold, rice or groundnut pyramid?
“As a politician, we all understand what the former Governor is up to. He is working hard to incite the North against the Southern presidency, but that has failed woefully because the South must complete the 8 years in the presidency for fairness and equity.”
The former APC spokesman, however, declared that Kwankwaso cannot and does not have capacity to intimidate the South ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“You cannot intimidate the South or anybody with Kano votes any longer because as a politician, we all know the game and what you are up to. The era of playing religious or ethnic cards is far becoming unfashionable,” Nabena cautioned.
