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Former Speaker, Kano House of Assembly, Kabiru Rurum, dumps APC

Former Speaker, Kano House of Assembly, Kabiru Rurum, dumps APC

Former Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, has announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He said APC in Kano is planning to disallow internal democracy to work in choosing a governorship candidate for the 2023 election.

Rurum, a gubernatorial aspirant in APC, told reporters that the way things are happening in the party, there are indications that that some people are hellbent on choosing their own candidates rather than allowing internal democracy to prevail.

House of Representatives chairman, committee on pension, said he had done all he could to ensure that a free, fair playing ground is allowed in the cause of party politicking but the powers that be in the party have prevented that.

He added that it is unfair at this dispensation to deny Kano South the chance to produce the next governor, saying they have not gotten that chance since 1992.

He said he is considering joining forces with Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to ensure that his senatorial district produces the next governor of Kano State.

This is coming as another speculation spread that Senator Barau Jibrin, also a gubernatorial aspirant of the APC, has left the party, a rumour that was quickly denied by the Senator.

Jibrin said in a telephone interview that he remains in the party and he is not thinking of leaving anytime soon.

 

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Faruk Khalil
Faruk Khalilhttps://nigeriansketch.com/
Khalil Faruk (Deputy Editor-in-Chief), has a Bachelors and Master's degree in Political Science and has worked as a reporter, features editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief respectively in a leading Nigerian daily. He has undergone trainings in journalism, photo journalism and online journalism within and outside Nigeria.

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