The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Seriake Dickson, hosted the party’s Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and other party leaders, for a late-night meeting in Abuja.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the intervention was organized to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the Kano State chapter of the party, specifically over candidate nominations and power-sharing ratios.
The disagreements within the Kano chapter went public after the state leadership, led by State Chairman Hon. Hussaini Isah Mairiga, altered the candidate roster originally submitted by Kwankwaso’s Kwankwasiyya faction. The state structure substituted multiple names for Federal Constituencies and State House of Assembly seats to enforce a pre-arranged 60/40 power-sharing pact.
Under that agreement, the incoming Kwankwasiyya faction was allocated 60% of party tickets, while the founding NDC structure retained 40%. The recent replacements led to allegations of bad faith and rumours that Kwankwaso was considering exiting the political party.
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