By Johnson Brisibe
What justice can the cockroach expect from a panel of inquiry set up and populated by chickens. The answer is none. No justice, no fairness, no equitable outcome, because the commission has only one secret charge: “Oga said you should find him guilty and commit him to jail.”
All the motions being dramatized are aimed at confusing the ignorant public because the single minded mission is to bring Dr Ganduje to his knees on the charge of not having treated his former boss, Dr. Kwankwaso with respect for most of his reign as Governor. It is a clash of egos and a hubristic show of might.
What Kwankwaso and his political son, Abba Yusuf are doing is to put to work, like the writer, Gustave Flaubert, the role of perception to create a multiplicity of truths and different versions of reality. For instance, it is their aim to create the perception that Dr. Ganduje, the immediate past governor is the most pressing problem of the state and that investigating him, not Kwankwaso, is the most brilliant thing to do.
It is very likely that Ganduje has been shaken sore, breaking him however is going to take a long and protracted struggle especially since the two fellas pointing their second fingers at him also have the rest of their fingers pointing back at themselves. And Ganduje is in a position to know details of Kwankwaso’s shenanigans having worked with him for almost two decades..
Already there is talk about local government funds ending up in Kwankwaso’s presidential campaign account. There is sure to be more pungent revelations from his two term governorship of Kano state and his work as federal Minister of Defense during which Ganduje was his deputy and Special Adviser respectively. The smelly air is surely not going to clear up soon.
Or is it all about the battle for 2027? There has been talk about Kwankwaso considering to join the All Progressive Congress. Is the tactics aimed at getting Ganduje out of the way so that when Kwankwaso eventually joins the rulling party, he will be Lord over the whole of Kano state with no one left who is capable of struggling for a piece of the highly populated sub region?
What is in this fight for the citizens of Kano, as hunger, deprivation, illiteracy and poverty continues to tear away at the people. How does distracting Ganduje put a morsel of food on the table of the people. As billionaires like Dangote and Rabiu continue to release palliative grains for the hungry millions of Kano, Abba Yusuf and his godfather are having fun playing high wire politics with the aim of crowning Kwankwaso political king in Kano. Is this what the multitudes voted for? Was this part of the bargain?
Kano as a state and a people continues to lag behind in all the development indices apart from the startling hunger and poverty. As hundreds of thousands of young school age children throng the streets and invade restaurants for left over food, the only thing that borders the NNPP leaders is the battle for political superiority. There is no doubt that Abba Yusuf who is rumoured to have won his governorship in a board room trade-off is going to disappoint the people big time, having already lost focus from his campaign promises.
A so-called populist ideology as the ‘Kwankwasia’ idea the NNPP trumpets should focus on improving the living conditions of the masses of its people in critical areas as healthcare, mass education, employment, food and nutrition among others. Yet the government in Kano prefers to orchestrate high drama as a substitute for genuine development ideas. Ganduje will certainly not find justice in the Kano kangaroo investigation commission. He is already vindicated by the sheer desperation and partiality of the governor of Kano state and his leg men.
We call on the president, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to step in with a clear statement on his stand in the matter so as to bring order to what has become an APC in Kano state that has been completely invaded by officials and machinations of the NNPP. It is now clear that the Kwankwaso group cannot be trusted even as he mulls political cooperation ahead of 2027. It’s leaders are self absolved in their own egos and are not people to trust or do business with. A word is enough for the wise.
Johnson Brisibe writes from Abuja
