Defection: Kwankwaso Confesses Being In A Dilemma

<h4>Defection&colon; Kwankwaso Confesses Being In A Dilemma<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that Kano strongman and political emperor of note&comma; Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso&comma; has openly expressed his state of dilemma arising from the defection of Governor Abba Yusuf to the ruling All Progressives Congress&comma; APC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday&comma; Kwankwaso said that Governor Yusuf’s decision to leave the NNPP came as a shock to many Nigerians&comma; adding that he personally found it difficult to come to terms with the development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the circumstances surrounding the governor’s exit appear unreal and confusing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Many people have approached me saying they believe what happened was part of some arrangement between me and him&comma; or between me and those around him&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Even I&comma; on several occasions&comma; found it hard to believe that events have unfolded the way they did&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Kwankwaso said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former Kano State governor expressed confidence that time will reveal the consequences of the decision&comma; insisting that Governor Yusuf and those who followed him will come to regret abandoning the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">NNPP&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kwankwaso said he was deeply disappointed that the governor <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;handed over the mandate of the NNPP members and the people of Kano to the Gandujiyya political camp”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> without any strong justification&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said further&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>When I lie down&comma; I reflect and ask myself&colon; what really happened&quest; Who was at fault&quest; Was it me&quest; Was it the party&quest; Were party members at fault&quest; But I have not been able to find an answer&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;