Led by Alhaji Buba Galadima a strong Buhari supporter since 2003 it is said to have the backing of former governor of Kano and now Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara...
With luminaries such as Bukola Saraki now Senate President Yakubu Dogara Speaker of the House of Representatives as well as Rabiu Kwankwaso and Olagunsoye Oyinlola the former Governors of Kano and Osun States respectively they formed a powerful faction...
Others in the frame are Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso ex-governor of Kano and Aminu Tambuwal governor of Sokoto...
That party explains why many think that some other top APC politicians such as former governor of Kano State Rabiu Kwankwaso and the speaker of the national House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal might be tempted to defect to the PDP where they think they could more easily pick up the presidential nomination...
All the likely successors to Buhari – Senate President Bukola Saraki former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai – will bide their time in 2018...
Two contestants are already lining up for that contest: the former Governor of Kano State Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar are both preparing ill-concealed bids for the presidency...
Like Tambuwal Rabiu Kwankwaso a former Defence Minister and Kano State Governor may present himself as a compromise candidate...
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These include Osinbajo's old patron Bola Ahmed Tinubu former Governor of Lagos State; Atiku Abubakar ex-Vice-President; Bukola Saraki Senate President; Nasir el-Rufai Kaduna State Governor; and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ex-Governor of Kano...
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Both Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ex-Governor of Kano State are mustering support to block such a move...
Other former PDP leaders due to play roles in the new government include former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and former or serving state governors Abubakar Bukola Saraki Rabiu Kwankwaso and Rotimi Amaechi...
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