If I leave, PDP will fall apart….

Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano State, believes that if he leaves the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party will fall apart.

Despite the fact that Kwankwaso says he is dissatisfied with the main opposition party at the moment, he claims he has not yet defected.

He made the comments during a Channels Television program called Political Paradigm, in which he discussed his political ambitions.

“There is no doubt about it,” the former governor said when asked what would happen to the PDP if he left. “Where have all the leaders gone?” Who are the people in charge? They’re going to fall apart.”

He insisted that he remained in the PDP despite rumors and speculations that he had defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). His new political movement, the National Movement, has joined the NNPP.

If he joins the NNPP, which is seen as the third force, he believes it will grow stronger than the PDP and become the second force.

Kwankwaso went on to discuss some of the reasons for his dissatisfaction with the PDP, citing the recent zonal congress in the North West as an example.

“Ideally, in a party like the PDP, I should be one of the most important individuals,” he said. “For obvious reasons, and based on what we’ve seen, it appears that many people are turning my strength into a weakness, which cannot be tolerated.”

“If you look at the situation in the North West during the congress, the vice-chairman of the zone was supposed to be given to me to nominate someone from the things that were taken to Kano.” Just as (Former Governor Ibrahim) Shema did in Katsina, (Former Governor Ahmed) Makarfi did in Kaduna, (Former Governor) Sule Lamido did in Jigawa, (Former Governor) Kabiru Turaki did in Kebbi, and (Governor Aminu) Tambuwal did in Sokoto.

“It was only in Kano that they thought I was too small to be given that position, and that’s what sparked the whole thing, and everyone kept quiet and were so happy that Kwankwaso might not be needed in the party,” says the narrator.