The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has reportedly threatened to dump the party following the rejection and subsequent replacement of the Kano State candidates’ list submitted by his Kwankwasiyya bloc within the party.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the internal crisis boiling within the party worsened after the Kano State chapter of the NDC altered the list to enforce a strict 60/40 power-sharing formula between the Kwankwasiyya bloc and the original party structure.
A document signed by the Kano State NDC Chairman, Hon. Hussaini Isah Mairiga, confirmed that the adjustments were necessary to correct an alleged breach of the agreement regarding elective tickets and party positions, where Kwankwaso’s camp was allotted 60 percent while the pioneer structure retained 40 percent.
The revised list, which has been copied to the NDC National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, and the North-West Zonal Chairman, replaced several Kwankwasiyya loyalists
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