PDP SUBMITS KWANKWASO’S SON-IN-LAW’S NAME AS KANO GUBER CANDIDATE
PDP SUBMITS
KWANKWASO’S SON-IN-LAW’S NAME AS KANO GUBER CANDIDATE
The
national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sent the name of
Engr. Abba Yusuf, the son-in-law of the former governor of Kano State, Senator
Rabiu Kwankwaso, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the
party’s gubernatorial candidate.
The
name of Yusuf was among the list of candidates submitted to the electoral body
in Abuja last week Thursday.
A party
source who pleaded anonymity because he wasn’t authorised to speak on the issue
told THISDAY that the name of Yusuf was submitted to INEC.
Though,
Malam Salihu Sagir Takai, who is believed to have the support of the Kano
people also emerged as the governorship candidate of the Senator Mas’ud
El-Jibril Doguwa-led faction of PDP in the state.
But Kwankwaso
had allegedly threatened to dump the PDP if the party’s top echelon tampered
with the list of candidates returned from the parallel primaries he held for
the various offices, including the governorship, national and state assembly.
However,
the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, denied
the alleged threat by Kwankwaso, saying he was not aware of it.
The
source added: “Kwankwaso’s son-in-law, Yusuf’s name was submitted as the
gubernatorial candidate in Kano.”