Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has dismissed allegations that he is working for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election.
Speaking on Global TV on Wednesday night, Kwankwaso said certain people had been spreading rumours about him dating back to his time in the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
Sanusi Bature, spokesperson for Kano governor Abba Yusuf, had alleged that Kwankwaso, a former national leader of the NNPP, is indirectly working for Tinubu’s re-election. He claimed that Kwankwaso worked for Tinubu in 2023 and had recently pushed for a direct meeting with the president, which did not happen.
However, Kwankwaso refuted the allegations, saying only foolish people would believe the claims.
“I think only foolish people would believe that. We are not working for anybody. We are only working for the NDC,” he said.
“Bola Tinubu has been my senior brother and good friend up to now. But that doesn’t mean we will pull all our political ideologies together with him.
“He is doing his own thing, and I am doing my own.”
The former defence minister said that even though he belongs to a different political party, he believes the president is not aware of the issues plaguing the country because those around him are not telling him the truth.
“Normally, under the current circumstances, the president may not see what is happening. And unfortunately, most of the people around him are actually the ones creating the problems,” Kwankwaso said.
“So, in those circumstances, it is difficult to see who will advise him or tell him the obvious situation. What they normally tell him, and what they are doing, is to pick governors. I think going by the number of governors now, the APC is number one.”
