Rabiu Kwankwaso

The Kwakwasiya Political Movement was established by former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, which is believed to have the capacity to win elections.

His resignation is coming barely eight weeks after he dumped his former boss, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, and the All Progressives Congress

Members of the group were received by the Deputy Governor of Kebbi, Alhaji Samaila Yombe, at the APC Secretariat, Birnin-Kebbi on Tuesday.

Abdulsalam, a Commissioner in the defunct administration of Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of the state, made the call while speaking to newsmen in Kano on Saturday.

Shehu Yusuf Kura, the Special Adviser Media to National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, made the remark in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Wednesday.

Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso on Sunday urged Nigerians to embrace peace and unity as Nigeria celebrates her 58 independent anniversary.

Kwankwaso, who spoke on Thursday in Jos, during a consultation visit to the North-Central state, said that he had the electoral value to wrestle power from the APC.

The former Governor had recently endorsed his son-in-law, Abba Kabir Yusuf, as his choice for the state’s 2019 governorship seat, an action that irked some of his followers.

A Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Friday said the country would witness accelerated development if restructured.

Gawuna replaces Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, who resigned as deputy governor on August 5, 2018.

Kwankwaso said this on Friday in Lafia when he met with members of the party in Nasarawa State. He urged them not to relent in their commitments toward ensuring power change in 2019.

Kwankwaso gave this promise on Friday in Makurdi, when he led other members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement to pay a congratulatory visit to Governor Samuel Ortom.

The national convention, slated for next month, will decide the party’s flag bearer for the presidential elections scheduled to hold in February.

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Wednesday said his greatest mistake was to support President Muhammed Buhari's change mantra in 2015.

Shekerau last week defected to the APC.

The News Agency of Nigeria  reports that the governor, had indicated intention to contest for the nation’s number one position early in the year.

Shekarau, a member of the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party, which was one of the four major parties that formed the APC, left in 2014 to join the PDP

Kwankwaso, a presidential hopeful under the Peoples Democratic Party, said this on Monday after paying a courtesy call on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia at Government House, Umuahia.

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has condemned the last minute cancellation of the approval granted to Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to utilize the Eagle Square for his 2019 presidential declaration.

Kwankwaso was stopped from using Eagle Square for his declaration by the Management, which is supervised by the Federal Capital Territory.