HE. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso told his supporters (Kwankwasiyya members) during a meeting he held yesterday at his residence on Miller Road in Kano:
1: The ADC has betrayed him. He accused them of refusing to sign an agreement to allocate a share of political positions to the NNPP in states where NNPP is strong.
2: He said they are planning to leave ADC for another political party because ADC is facing many court cases that the party may not be able to overcome.
3: He revealed that they have reached an understanding with Peter Obi, Bala Mohammed, and Seyi Makinde to join a new political party.
4: He stated that between yesterday and Tuesday, they will officially announce their move to the new party.
5: He said ADC is planning to use direct primaries, which he described as a trap. He added that no party can successfully produce a presidential candidate through direct primaries without internal conflict, disputes, and power struggles.
6: He also said they met with Rotimi Amaechi to discuss whether he would withdraw his presidential ambition so that a candidate could emerge through consensus, but Amaechi refused. According to him, this increases the likelihood of internal crisis within the party.
7: He added that Muhammad Hayatu-Deen has joined ADC and is preparing to run for president under the party. He said it is unlikely that Hayatu-Deen would agree to step down for consensus, meaning direct primaries would become a major problem for the party.
8: He gave the example of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), saying that 12 years after the party conducted direct primaries to select its candidate, the issue is still in court due to internal disputes.
9: He urged all his supporters at local government and state levels to begin preparations to defect from ADC to the new party they will adopt.
10: Finally, he said they have already reached an understanding with Peter Obi to contest under a party that has no court cases. They have also agreed on who will be the presidential candidate and who will be the vice-presidential candidate.
