A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accused his successor in office, Abdullahi Ganduje, of cornering government properties for himself and members of his family.
Kwankwaso, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate in the last election, made the accusation on Friday while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
The duo, who were political allies but have since fallen out with each other, visited Tinubu separately on Friday.
Ganduje came out first from his meeting with the President and slammed Kwankwaso over the demolition of property by Governor Abba Yusuf’s government, saying he could have slapped his predecessor if they had crossed each other at the Presidential Villa.
The immediate past governor claimed that less than 72 hours after the inauguration of Governor Yusuf, four properties erected based on a public-private partnership arrangement were demolished by the government.
But responding after his meeting with the President, Kwankwaso dismissed his successor’s claims, saying that no government will react differently to what Ganduje did in Kano while in office.
The NNPP leader, however, revealed that conversations about a ministerial post for him in Tinubu’s administration came up during their discussion.
He conceded that he is open to working with the President to move the country forward, but affirmed that he would not join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tinubu, he said, is only looking at a government of national unity.