Kwankwaso Consults On Movement To APC

Kano State Governor, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has said that he will consult stakeholders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state before he can join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Kwankwaso made the remarks yesterday in Kano when he received a delegation of APC national leaders led by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) who came to woo him to join the party.
“I will sit down with all stakeholders because there is no decision a governor can sit down and take on his own without consulting the stakeholders of the party.
“Kwankwasiyya movement is a disciplined movement. We are working as group and team,’’ he said.
He assured the delegation that he would consult all the stakeholders of the party in the state with a view to critically examining their demand.
He described Kwankwasiyya as a ‘powerful movement’ which had the capacity and strength to win election in 2015.
He said that the PDP had 31 out of 40 state assembly members, two senators and 14 members of the House of Representatives.
“Certainly we will sit down all of us and look at all the challenges and the consequences if any and together we will take decision on what to do and communicate to you,’’ he said.
Earlier in his remarks, the leader of the group, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, said the delegation was in Kano to convince the governor to join the APC.
“We are here on a very top and ruthless recruitment drive because we feel very uncomfortable without Kano state coming along with us.’’
He said the APC was concerned about the socio-economic development and the security of the citizenry.
APC National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, said the delegation was in Kano to showcase the APC as a platform and soft ground for great minds like Kwankwaso.
Chieftains of the APC in the delegation were Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and Governor  Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.
Others are the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Masari, former EFCC Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu and former governors of Borno and Benue States, Senator  Ali Modu Sherif and Mr Geoge Akume among others.
Meanwhile,  the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State to join the party for the progress of the country.
Speaking during a courtesy visit on Lamido in Dutse yesterday, the interim APC Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, said that the party was on a rescue mission to save the country.
Akande said that APC was on a “recruitment drive’’ to woo Lamido to join the party.
“Our visit to Jigawa is about the future of this country and APC, as a party, is a fertile one that has a place for Governor Lamido.
“I am impressed by the governor’s developmental strides in the last six years, he is supposed to be among the progressive governors,” he said.
In his remarks, former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State described Lamido as “a reliable, resolute and courageous leader” who would bring good fortunes to the party.
Also speaking, Governor Raji Fashola of Lagos State said that Lamido “is a fearless leader” whom the progressive governors would like to have in their midst.
Our correspondent reports that former Head of State, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, former EFCC Chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu and Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State were some of the APC chieftains who visited Jigawa State.