Ganduje Felt Inferior In Sanusi's Presence - Kwankwaso

A former Governor of Kano State Rabiu Kwankwaso said that the incumbent Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, felt diminished and inferior in the presence of the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido.

He also stated that there was no regret on his part on his appointment of Lamido as the state's emir.

Kwankwaso who is also a former defence minister said that Ganduje was "madly obsessed with reversing everything that Kwankwaso did in the state.”

This comment follows a remark made by Ganduje in a book titled, 'Dear President Goodluck Jonathan (An Open Letter)' by the Daily Times Newspaper's former Managing Editor, Bonaventure Melah.

Supporting his decision to depose Lamido, Ganduje said that he did so because Lamido was everything that the Kano traditional institution was not.

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He continued by stating that he wanted to save the state's traditional framework from abuse.

Responding to Ganduje's comments, Kwankwaso, in a statement with the title, ‘Ganduje and the blabbering of an impostor’, he said that Ganduje was "averse to everything that Emir Sanusi II represents".

He said, “Certainly, everyone that knows Governor Ganduje will attest that he is not a progressive and hence that was why Kwankwaso deliberately refused to consult him on the choice of Muhammad Sanusi II as new Emir.

“We know that Ganduje is averse to everything that Emir Sanusi II represents (knowledge, wisdom, experience, progressive ideals, and the love for the common man), and we know that Ganduje always feels diminished and inferior in the presence of the Emir, and we know that Ganduje harbours a pathological hatred for the Kano traditional Institution, and we know that Ganduje was madly obsessed with reversing everything that Kwankwaso did in the state.”