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Kwankwaso shuns APC convention, visits Atiku

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Former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and Atiku Abubakar
Former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso met with Atiku Abubakar at his Asokoro residence in Abuja

Former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso met with Atiku Abubakar at his Asokoro residence in Abuja

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso shunned his party’s national convention in Abuja but had time on Saturday night to pay a courtesy visit to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar at his residence in Asokoro, Abuja.

The former governor of Kano State Kwankwaso who is being rumoured to planning a switch from the All Progressives Congress to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, arrived Atiku’s residence at about 8.30pm and went into a closed door meeting with the former Vice President.

The details of their meeting were not made public. The meeting lasted about 45 minutes.

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It was however gathered from a source close to the meeting that the visit of Kwankwaso was to pay Sallah homage to Atiku who was not in the country during the Eid El Fitr celebrations.

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The source said that both leaders also used the occasion of the visit to discuss the state of the nation.

Media aide to Atiku, Mazi Paul Ibe confirmed the visitation but declined to discussed details of the discussion between Atiku and Kwankwaso.

Kwankwaso is a two times governor of Kano from 1999–2003 and 2011–2015.

He was the first governor of Kano State in the fourth republic who was elected on the platform of PDP. He lost re-election bid in 2003 to Ibrahim Shekarau and was in July same year appointed Defense Minister by President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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In 2015, Kwankwaso unsuccessfully contested the presidential primaries nomination on the opposition APC, but lost to Muhammadu Buhari.

He then swap to contest the senatorial seat for Kano Central Senatorial District.

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