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There are
indications yesterday that Mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late
former Head State, Sani Abacha may leave the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) to pursue his ambition of becoming the next governor of Kano
State.

Participants at an
emergency meeting, held at his Audu Bako Way campaign office in Kano
for his supporters, unanimously decided that Mr. Abacha should leave
the PDP with immediate effect.

Mr. Abacha, who
joined active politics barely two years ago, was pursuing his goal of
clinching the PDP ticket for next year’s campaign until the latest
development.

Up till yesterday,
former governor of the state, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was the only
aspirant that had picked the N5.5m governorship intent form of the
party.

There are
insinuations that some members of the PDP Elder’s Forum in the state
have already allocated the governorship seat to Mr Kwankwaso, who was
also a former minister of defence and is seen as being in control of
the state’s party apparatus.

Mr. Abacha may not
be able to actualize his governorship bid due to the decision of the
Kwankwaso camp, popularly referred to as Kwankwasiyya group which is in
firm control party machinery in Kano, to back the former governor.

Saidu Bello, a
staunch supporter of Mr. Abacha, has accused the Kwankwasiyya group of
highhandedness, pointing to an alleged sharing of party positions to
only the Kwankwaso group as a pointer that there will be no justice for
other aspirants of the party.

The faction of the
former minister was said to have met in Kaduna last week and divided up
all elective positions in the party to only members of the Kwankwasiyya.

Leaving for CPC

Mr. Bello further
accused Mr. Kwankwaso of hijacking all the delegate forms that were
given to the state chapter by the national secretariat. Out of the 3000
forms, Kwankwaso allegedly collected 1500 for his loyalists and the
rest were shared among senatorial districts.

He said Mr. Abacha
and his supporters have concluded plans to dump the PDP, adding that
the next line of action for members of the group, who formed the bulk
of the Garkuwa faction of the PDP in Kano,

will be determined in the next 48 hours.

Mr. Abacha
reportedly met with Muhammadu Buhari three months ago in Kaduna, where
he made his intention to join CPC known to the presidential candidate.

Mr Buhari was said to have given him the nod to join the party, but
advised him to join with the aim of building the newly registered party.