Kano Defections: Learn From Kwankwaso, Farin-Gado Tells Political Gladiators

An Abuja-based young politician and businessman, Umar Farin-Gado Kazaure, has tasked Nigerian politicians to learn from the fate of the national leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, following the defection of his godson and Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Farin-Gado, who hails from Jigawa State, noted that a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national leader and one-time Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, once suffered the same fate and he was mocked, saying now that it has happened to Kwankwaso, other gladiators needed to learn from it.

In a terse statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Farin-Gado said it was high time to move on and re-strategise instead of lamentation over what he called a split milk, especially as the 2027 general election was fast approaching.

“Everyone concerned should learn from the Kano defection debacle. It has happened before to someone like Distinguished Senator Bukola Saraki and people were laughing at him. Now that it has happened to His Excellency, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, all he needs to do is to move on and put the past behind him.

“This is because the next election cycle is fast approaching. There is no need to lament over a spilt milk, he should rather go back to the drawing board. The takeaway is the lesson the situation offers all concerned,” Farin-Gado stated.

He, therefore, called on the people of Kano State to show restraint and acknowledge Kwankwaso’s contributions to the development of the State even as he urged Northern Leaders to reconcile former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Kwankwaso in the interest of the State and the North at large.