The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized former Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, for claiming that the party is “dead,” describing him as “very inconsequential” in current Nigerian politics.
The opposition party accused Kwankwaso of extreme selfishness and self-centeredness, stating that these traits disqualify him from being a true leader.
Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), made the statement during the inauguration of the party’s newly renovated office in Katsina, explaining that he and his supporters left the PDP because it was “dead.”
Responding to his remarks, PDP National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba said on Sunday that the party has no intention of engaging with Kwankwaso on what it views as a display of self-centeredness and insensitivity.
He said, “He is very inconsequential in the Nigerian national politics today judging from the fact that he is struggling to lead a Party called NNPP which is also struggling to control only one State.
“It is unfathomable to imagine that a failed and inconsequential politician with only one State would claim that a Party that has 13 governors, many Senators, many Members of the House of Representatives, several States Assembly control and strong presence in all the Local Government Areas and Wards across the country is dead
“More disturbing is that Sen. Kwankwaso has exhibited extreme selfishness and self-centeredness which shows that he is not a leader.
“It is unfortunate that at this time when the PDP and patriotic Nigerians are speaking out against the excruciating hardship in the country occasioned by the anti-people policies of the APC administration; at this time Nigerians including in Sen. Kwankwaso’s home State, Kano are dying of hunger and starvation; when over 150 million Nigerians have sunk deeper into poverty; when millions of Nigerians are daily losing their means of livelihood; at the time the Naira has fallen to over N1,600 to a Dollar with over 34% inflation rate; in the wake of APC’s brutal increase in the price of petrol to over N1,200 in various parts of the country, the only thing that occupies Senator Kwankwaso’s mind is his self-centered pipe dream of becoming President. It is very unfortunate.
“So the PDP does not intend to join issues with him on such display of self-centeredness and insensitivity.
“In any event, whatever political relevance Sen. Kwankwaso believes he has achieved, he did so only when he was in the PDP.”