Kwankwaso fires back at Ganduje, says he can’t look me in the face, he’s my boy

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Former Governor of Kano State and Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has dismissed the threat by his successor, ex-governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to slap him if they had met at Aso Rock, Abuja.

He said Ganduje was one of his “boys” politically and dared not look at him in the face.

Kwankwaso and Ganduje had visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu separately on Friday. The latter while speaking to journalists said he would have slapped his former boss if they had met each other at the Villa.

“I heard that he (Ganduje) said he would’ve slapped me, but I’m here. He was just confused. These are all my boys politically. They can’t even look at me straight in the face if we meet,” Kwankwaso told BBC Hausa.

Ganduje had lamented the demolition of several buildings in Kano State by the Abba Yusuf-led administration, accusing Kwankwaso of masterminding the development.

Ganduje, while addressing State House correspondents shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa on Friday evening, said the demolitions were executed without due process and, therefore, breached the law…