The recent leadership crisis within the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano state has made the party look like a ship with two captains apparently with Ambassador Aminu Wali and Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso piloting each ship.
Daily Telescope observed that leadership tussle erupted in the party after Senator Kwankwaso, a former governor in the state returned to PDP from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Upon his return, Kwankwaso formed a new set of leadership with Dr Rabi’u Sulaiman Bichi as chairman, thereby sidelining the executives he found on ground under Senator Mas’ud El-Jibril Doguwa.
Senator Doguwa made several attempts to settle the matter amicably, but his efforts did not yield any positive results. After he failed in resolving the problem through dialogue, the former chairman of the party rushed to court for legal redress, a move that also ended
unsuccessful, Daily Telescope, learnt.
Having failed to slug it out with Kwankwaso in the court and or get the support of the national leadership of the party, Doguwa and his team finally left the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
However, instead of the leadership crisis to stop there as many people expected, it rather took a new dimension as Ambassador Wali-led camp took over the fight accusing Kwankwaso of hijacking the party.
In his effort to subdue Kwankwaso in the battle, Ambassador Wali headed to court in his attempt to reclaim the leadership of the party, however the case was dismissed at the first hearing.
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Daily Telescope observed that the intrigue between the two political gladiators led to the emergence of two factional state’s executives in the state with Alhaji Muhammina Bako Lamido heading Wali’s group and Alhaji Shehu Wada Sagagi piloting Kwankwaso-led faction.
The internal crisis is becoming conspicuous in the recent days, as the state is preparing for the conduct of local government elections.
While the Kwankwaso-led faction has made its position clear of not participating in the poll, the Wali’s group has declared its willingness to participate in the election.
However, the recent decision by the PDP national headquarters to recognize the Kwankwaso-led factional executives as the lawful leadership may likely bring the party’s internal crisis to an end in the state.
The PDP in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan said the decision, followed congresses conducted by Kwankwaso-led faction in the 44 local governments of the state on December 12, 2020.
“The decision of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) is pursuant to its powers under the PDP Constitution (2017 as amended).
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“The newly elected Kano executives which has Shehu Wada Sagagi, as chairman is to hold office for a period of four years in line with provisions of the PDP Constitution,” the statement stated.
Now that the PDP national headquarters has made its position clear as far the leadership of the party in Kano, only time can tell if the leadership crisis is over or not.
