Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has formed a four-man committee to reconcile with Alhasan Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives.
This is stated in a statement signed by Sanusi Bature, the NNPP’s Kano gubernatorial candidate’s spokesperson.
Doguwa, who represents Kano’s Tudunwada and Doguwa federal constituencies on the APC platform, is said to be at odds with his party.
According to the statement, the committee was formed by the party’s chairman and former Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Kabiru Rurum.
According to the report, Mr Kwankwaso formed a committee led by Rufai Hanga to visit Mr Doguwa, with Mr Rurum serving as the party’s state chairman.
According to the statement, Umar Doguwa and Sarki Daneji are also members of the task committee.
Politics is (a) game of numbers. We are open for reconciliation and reunion with our old friends and associates in our quest to achieve a new Nigeria. At some point, most of us were in different parties against Dr Kwankwaso, but after realising his political sagacity, we reunited with him in the NNPP, Mr Rurum revealed.
He, however, said they were more comfortable with the reunion than ever, assuring that Rep Doguwa would have a warm reception at the party.
I assure all that the house leader will have a warm reception back to the Kwankwasiyya Political Movement and the NNPP because he was once a member of its kitchen cabinet, Mr Rurum said.
Mr Rurum further revealed that they would pay the visit to Mr Doguwa to fulfil the conditions of reuniting with him, describing him as a “big fish” in the party’s net.
In politics, there is no permanent friend nor permanent enemy, but what we want is to promote friendship, not enmity, he explained.
The APC’s political crisis in Kano has created space for the NNPP to seek a reunion with Mr Doguwa, who is thought to wield enormous political power at the grassroots.
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