Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has been accused of hijacking party structure in the North West
This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the party’s Northwest Vice Chairman Mohammed Rabiu Serina and Kano State Chairman Hussaini Isa Mariga, respectively.
They accused the former Kano state governor of shutting out non-Kwankwasiyya members from vying for elective offices on its platform.
The duo described themselves as pioneer members of the party, said they were appointed by the party’s National Leader, former Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, before the party’s registration and later confirmed as substantive officers through congresses and the national convention.
Serina and Mariga also said they helped build the party structures across Kano State and the North West before Kwankwaso and his supporters joined the party.
“The problems started when Kwankwaso wanted to take over the party structure in Kano State in the state congresses.
“The disagreement led to the intervention of the party’s national leader, Seriake Dickson who convened a meeting and brokered an agreement which gave Kwankwaso and his supporters 60 per cent control of the party structure in Kano while the party retained 40 per cent,” the party officials said.
