Senator representing Kano State Central Senatorial District and presidential hopeful under the Peoples Democratic Party platform, Rabiu Kwankwaso has revealed that he will formally declare his presidential ambition in Abuja and not in his state (Kano) contrary to public expectation.
Kwankwaso who currently is at loggerheads with his predecessor and longtime political associate, Abdullahi Ganduje, announced Wednesday as the day he will declare his 2019 presidential ambition.
The announcement was contained in a statement by Kwankwaso’s Presidential Campaign Committee on Sunday.
The declaration, according to the statement, would hold at the Eagle Square, Abuja, by 11 a.m.
Confirming the development on Monday, Kwankwaso’s spokesperson, Binta Sipikin, said Abuja is the nation’s capital and many of Kwankwaso’s political associates and supporters from across the country would be attending the event, hence the choice of Abuja.
She said it is not a Kano event, and it will be more convenient for people to come from any part of the country to the nation’s capital.
“He is declaring in Abuja because it is the nation’s capital, and this is a national event,” she said.
“We are considering people from various parts of the country who may want to come, but could find a meeting in Abuja easier than in Kano.”
Recall that Kwankwaso and Ganduje were political allies with the latter serving as deputy governor when Kwankwaso was the state governor.
They have since parted ways with Kwankwaso leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rejoin the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where he left in 2014 as part moves to achieve his presidential ambition.
