Kwankwaso: I’ve not decided yet to contest 2015 presidential election

The governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso,
has said he is yet to decide whether to contest in
the presidential election in 2015.
“I’m still consulting friends and political
associates on whether to join the 2015
presidential race or not. This is because the
contest should be a blissful one not one with
curses and in-fighting,” he said.
Mr. Kwankwaso said so far he has seen a lot of
admirers and “true enemies.”
“Some people who have never met me have sent
me copies of my posters calling on me to join the
race, but I said they should go and harmonise
their positions and possibly change those posters
because some are of PDP,” he said.
Mr. Kwankwaso was elected governor on the
platform of the PDP but decamped to the APC in
2013.
He noted that some of the posters bearing the
PDP logo were sent to him within the last two
years.
“Therefore I directed my aides to destroy the PDP
posters and reserve the APC ones and wait for me
to finish consultations and take the final
decision.”
He stated this while meeting with his political
appointees at the Government House, Kano on
Monday. He appealed to them to remove
sentiments, fear and sycophancy and to advise
him rightly on the matter.
He said he had now become popular and people
wished to see him wherever he went across
Nigeria, thanks to the projects he initiated in
Kano State as well as the transparent nature of
his government.
He said people across Nigeria and beyond have
called on him to join the race in 2015 and he was
assured of their full support. “But that is not
enough. Remember the presidential contest is not
a joke and one should take critical views from all
angles before vowing to the pressure,” he said.
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