Former Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is not planning to leave the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) despite reports suggesting a growing rift over the party’s candidate list in Kano State, a spokesman for the Kwankwasiyya Movement has said.
The clarification follows reports that Kwankwaso was considering quitting the party after several candidates backed by his political movement were replaced by the NDC leadership in Kano.
The changes were reportedly made to enforce a power-sharing agreement between the Kwankwasiyya bloc and the party’s existing structure in the state.
According to party documents cited in multiple reports, the agreement allocated 60 percent of party positions and elective tickets to the Kwankwasiyya movement and 40 percent to the original NDC structure.
Party officials said the revised candidate list was intended to restore that balance after concerns that the initial nominations favored one side.
The dispute has exposed tensions that have existed since Kwankwaso joined the NDC earlier this year.
Some Kano party leaders have accused him of attempting to dominate the party structure, while members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement have rejected those claims.
Responding to reports that Kwankwaso had threatened to leave the party, the movement’s spokesman insisted the former governor remains committed to the NDC and its political objectives.
The clarification comes as party leaders work to contain the fallout from the candidate-list controversy, which has affected nominations for several House of Representatives and State Assembly constituencies in Kano.
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