A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has revealed that he and his followers were not rewarded for giving the late former President Muhammadu Buhari almost two million votes.
He said that though they risked their lives to get the numbers of votes, the camp of Buhari never recognised their hard work.
The experience prompted the former governor of Kano State to seek political change, he said, in an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Monday night.
“I have worked so hard,” he said. We had about 1.9, almost 2 million people vote. But we are not seen as politicians. We even put our lives on the line at that time.
“Unfortunately we saw no benefits either for ourselves or for those we represent in our constituencies.”
The former presidential candidate also said there are problems with the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
Kwankwaso said the crisis had made the people of Nigeria in all strata to desire change.
“There are problems with this administration again, everybody knows,” he said. And so people are determined at grassroots level, and even at the level we are operating now, that there should be some levels of changes.”
