Former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said he and his supporters got nothing in return after delivering nearly two million votes to bring former President Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2015, and that the experience pushed him toward seeking political change.
Kwankwaso said this in an interview on Arise TV on Monday, speaking about the personal cost of backing Buhari in the election that ended 16 years of Peoples Democratic Party rule at the federal level.
“I worked so hard. We brought about 1.9, almost 2 million votes. But as politicians, we are not recognised. We put our lives even on the line at that time. But unfortunately, we could not see any benefit either as individuals or the constituencies that we represented,” he said.
The former Kano State governor did not say what he had expected in return or what exactly the Buhari administration failed to do.
He went through each government since 1999 to explain why he believed the country is now ready for real change.
He said Olusegun Obasanjo did his best, that Umar Yar’adua faced serious health problems, and that Goodluck Jonathan’s time in office was complicated by a disputed agreement for him to serve only one term.
“Everybody knows there are issues with this administration again,” he said of the current Tinubu government.
