The twist continues as Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso,
on Wednesday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of plotting to eliminate him.
In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday, Mr.
Kwankwaso said the president was after his life and had ordered the withdrawal
of half of his security details in a ploy to open him up to physical attacks.
He accused the president of igniting crisis in Kano State
after a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, emerged
the emir of Kano Sunday.
Presidential spokespersons, Reuben Abati and Doyin Okupe,
did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments Wednesday.
Its no longer news that President Jonathan is in a power
tussle with Kwankwaso, after the latter decamp ped from the PDP to the APC.
Mr. Sanusi’s emergence, Sunday, as emir of the powerful Kano
emirate, revved up the squabble.
The presidency and the PDP were clearly opposed to the
candidacy of the former CBN boss, who was removed from his post by Mr. Jonathan
in February.
Mr. Kwankwaso also told PREMIUM TIMES he has “credible
information” the president instructed his supporters in Kano to unleash
“mayhem” on the state.
“We don’t know his intention, but, certainly the intention
is not good,” he said. “We have to tell him that igniting crisis in Kano is not
in the interest of anybody. We have enough crisis already in the country, and
now they are funding their stooges in Kano to protest and burn government
properties.”
“Recently, we also lost an esteemed Emir in Gombe and they
basically followed the same process to elect a new emir, but they did not say
anything because it is a PDP state.
“Now they are funding crisis in our state, I have never seen
something like this,” the governor said.
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