{"id":47394,"date":"2016-03-10T21:40:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T20:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=47394"},"modified":"2016-03-10T21:40:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T20:40:06","slug":"2019-kwankwaso-trouble-eyeing-buharis-seat-faces-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2019-kwankwaso-trouble-eyeing-buharis-seat-faces-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"2019: Kwankwaso In Trouble for Eyeing Buhari&#8217;s Seat, Faces Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is under probe by the Kano state<\/p>\n<p>chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged misconduct<br \/>\nduring his condolence visit to Governor Umar Ganduje who lost his mother<br \/>\nrecently.<\/p>\n<p>Kwankwaso is accused of using the occasion to begin a subtle campaign for<br \/>\nthe Presidency ahead of the 2019 Presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>The State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Haruna Umar Doguwa, said: \u201cThe<br \/>\nstate executive committee and elders jointly condemned the character and<br \/>\ntexture of Kwankwaso\u2019s condolence visit to Kano and its portent objective<br \/>\nas a launch pad of his presidential ambition which was wholly unfounded\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe wish to state categorically that there is no presidential<br \/>\nvacancy in the first place. Our loyalty and commitment is to our able<br \/>\npresident Muhammadu Buhari and his policies and programmes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At a joint press briefing on Thursday with the acting Chairman of the<br \/>\nelders committee of the party , Alhaji Audu Kirare, Doguwa dissociated the<br \/>\nparty from \u2018s action.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the act of thuggery and brazen show of daggers, swords<br \/>\nand other forms of weapons by sponsored hoodlums during Kwankwaso\u2019s<br \/>\ncondolence visit was totally unwholesome, abhorrent and condemnable by the<br \/>\nteeming loyal party members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe visit and all ugly traits exhibited are available in the social media<br \/>\ndomain being circulated for all to verify the nasty utterances that<br \/>\nproofed the clear case of the party indiscipline that trailed the<br \/>\nKwankwaso condolence visit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that \u201cOur party would not leave any stone unturned in<br \/>\nensuring discipline, orderliness and loyalty as prescribed by the<br \/>\nconstitution of the party\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Ganduje and former Governor Kwankwaso have been having supremacy<br \/>\nbattle over who controls the state Party machinery. 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