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The feud between
Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, and his deputy, Abdullahi Tijani
Gwarzo took a different twist at the weekend with the deputy governor
declaring that the ruling All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the state
will be chased out at the April polls.

Mr Gwarzo who was
until four months ago an ANPP member, was allegedly denied the party’s
governorship ticket at the primaries by his boss which led to his exit
from the party to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

Mr Gwarzo, who is
the ACN governorship candidate in Kano State, said his party is ready
to win the election. He told NEXT that despite the “incumbency factor”,
the ANPP will be defeated during the forthcoming polls because the ACN
has become very popular in the state. “ACN is very popular in Kano
State and the state has been revolutionised to ACN. We are going to use
the broom to sweep every place in Kano and we are going to emerge
victorious at the polls.” He declared. His defection came as a surprise
to many believe he will not part ways with Mr Shekarau and the ANPP.

Kano politics is volatile

But Mr Gwarzo gave
further credence to the assumption that Kano politics is volatile in
nature, by proving political analysts wrong. Within few weeks of his
defection, he injected a new lease of life into the ACN, which is now
fast gaining ground in the political landscape of the northern Nigerian
state.

The deputy
governor explained that his relationship with Mr Shekarau is still very
cordial despite both of them being in different political parties.
According to him, “government is different from politicking and we are
of different parties, but we are very much together.”

He emphasised that
improving education, agriculture, healthcare delivery and energy
generation will top his agenda if elected governor.