Kwankwaso, Lalong or El-rufa’i, who wins the race?

By Tameem Garga

Not recently had the Nigerians realized that there seemed to be a serious clash of interest over who would unseat the present Vice president should the plot to elongate the Buhari’s tenure actually fail. Because there seems to be a miasma emanating from another secret room in the villa (since the woman in za oza room does not have the condiment to enhance the political test of her politico-maniac husband).

Governor Nasiru El-Rufa’I of Kaduna State (The self-assured), Eng. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (the foreseer) Governor Simon Bako Lalong (The Peace-Maker) are the key fighters jostling for the Vice President’s seat comes 2023 in APC. The proposed running mate for Nasiru el-rufa’I is the present Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo. And the proposed companion of the Simon Lalong would be Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Remember the Muslim/Christian thing that brought Osinbajo instead of Tinubu, right?

And one may wonder why I included Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the president Commander In Chief of Kwankwasiyya movement; the gigantic self-acclaimed opponent of APC in the north. The reason is that, Kwankwaso have been breeding himself to the presidential throne since when he was the governor of Kano State. And recently, he was being lobbied to join the ruling party in order to necessitate the defeat of PDP in the north by 2023. And when he was asked in a Freedom Radio interview, he showed his willingness to accept the offer.

Let me remind you of who Kwankwaso is, politically. He was rumored to have collected more than five billion Naira as campaign/rally fund from former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar. He collected the money and promoted his Kwankwasiyya cult instead. One wouldn’t imagine why and how PDP couldn’t win the Kwakwaso’s Local Government. Not even so, his pulling unit was said to have been won by APC.

While on the issue of El-rufa’I and Bola Tinubu – El-rufa’I had been trying to paint Tinubu black so that his chances with Osinbajo would grow. He knows that if Tinubu would win the party’s ticket, the chances of becoming Vice president is zero. And Lalong’s trying to keep the long-term troubling state back to its old name – home of peace and tourism, is his arsenal worth considering by the northern elites. He has tried in maintain peace on the plateau since he came to power.

These and other things, left me with nothing but the belief that the ruling party might not be able to make it next time. Why? They need to address the issue of unemployment which is the main cause the country’s bedridden.