By Henry Umoru
The Kwankwasiyya Movement has said that the vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, never threatened to leave the party over the replacement of candidates.
The group said Kwankwaso described the reports as “mere rumours.”
The movement’s spokesman, Habibu Sale Mohammed, said, “The Kwankwasiyya Movement, and neither its leader, is complaining.”
Some media reports had claimed that Kwankwasiyya would exit the party if loyalists earlier nominated by the bloc were replaced.
Recall that the claims were sequel to the substitution of several candidates submitted by the group, with allegations that the move breached an earlier power-sharing arrangement, just as Mohammed said the claims were baseless.
Mohammed, who explained that the party primaries were conducted on May 29 in line with the Electoral Act and INEC guidelines, and that the winners were affirmed the same day, said that the NDC stakeholders and members had earlier agreed on a consensus model where necessary, adopted candidates accordingly, and submitted the list without internal squabbles.
According to Mohammed, Kwankwaso had not communicated any grievance with the party to the movement.
