Kano State Government, on Saturday, reacted to the audio of phone call between Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and a former vice presidential placeholder candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ibrahim Masari.
Ganduje was heard in the leaked audio lamenting being treated unfairly by President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over the meeting with the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
There have been reports that Tinubu and Kwankwaso met for four hours in France, discussing a wide range of issues, including the possibility of the NNPP presidential flagbearear joining the incoming cabinet.
The Kano governor in his reaction had said there was noise all over Kano over the meeting between Tinubu and Kwankwaso.
He said though Masari had told him of the possibility of such a meeting, he couldn’t have done anything about it.
Masari, an ally of Tinubu, was then heard in the audio pacifying Ganduje and urging him not to be angry over the development.
But Kano State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba in a statement on Saturday evening, said, “The exaggerated publicity on the purported audio clip was the handiwork of paid agents trying to unturn the so-called ‘conversation’ with a view to causing disaffection between the two political gladiators.”
Garba said from all indications, some people who were not comfortable with the cordiality among Tinubu, Ganduje and Masari were bent on exploiting the situation to their advantage.
He further maintained that Ganduje and the President-elect had since realised “this mischievous attempt to cause disaffection between them, and would not allow this sound working relationship which has been waxing stronger particularly at this critical time to be destroyed by some self-centered individuals.”
The Kano commissioner urged members of the APC and the general public to disregard “such attempt and remain calm and loyal to the party to ensure the successful inauguration of the President-elect.”