Almajiris Were Responsible for Goodluck's Failure- Kwankwaso

Senator elect and Governor of Kano state, Rabiu Kwankwaso claims that the Almajiri votes were responsible for voting out President Goodluck Jonathan.

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State.

Kwankwaso who was speaking in an on-air interview with Channels television also decried the political play in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying it has divided Nigerians along religious and ethnic lines.

“It is unfortunate, in the last couple of years, we have seen a polarisation situation, this issue of Christianity, Islam, north and south, and even the issue of tribalism being promoted,” Cable News Nigeria quotes the senator elect.

“It was not good for the system – it was not even good for my friend in the villa, so we are happy, we have seen the end of it now.”

According to Kwankwaso, the All Progressives Congress, APC and the nation at are happy with Jonathan for conceding defeat to General Muhammudu Buhari.

He went on to advise that the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration must be willing to correct the ills and unite the nation to keep peace and stability.

“We encourage Buhari to be what a president should be; to carry along all the Christians, the Muslims and other people of other faiths in this country.

“Ensure peace and stability, take everybody as his own; even the PDP guys should be carried along by the president. The president is the father of all.

“We hope that people around him should be people who are experienced, who should not be talking of Hausas who are thrown away as Almajiris. That is completely wrong, and it has gone a long way in galvanising people in the north to ensure that this Almajiri votes were used to kick them out of the villa.”

Meanwhile, a group in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)  have canvassed for the appointment of Kwankwanso as the next Minister of the FCT.