Adamu Blames Loss of Kano on Selfishness of Party Members

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has blamed the party’s loss in the governorship election in Kano State on the selfishness of some party members.

Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Abba Yusuf, won the election with 1,019,602 votes while Nasir Yusuf Gawuna of APC polled 890,705 votes to come second.

But in an interview with BBC Hausa service, Adamu said it was sad for the party to lose an important state like Kano, adding that the party would take action on the erring members.

Adamu noted that the party had warned all APC governors in Nigeria to do away with any form of selfishness before the election, stressing that he believed it was that selfishness that led the party to its loss in a state like Kano

“It was the fault of others that made us lose in Kano. There are those who did not do what they should. Kano is among the states that we beat our chests and say that this is ours, because whatever we do, Kano is at the top of our list. But because of selfishness, we found ourselves in this situation. We shouldn’t have lost Kano, but everything that happened to a person, God knows.

“We had warned all APC governors in Nigeria to do away with any form of selfishness before the election, and we think it is that selfishness that led us to lose in a state like Kano,”he said, stressing that the party was waiting for the election noise to die down before actions would be taken against anyone who wronged the party.

According to him, despite the loss in Kano, the party was grateful to have won the presidential election and in other states, adding also that, “The supplementary elections in Adamawa and Kebbi will be in our favour if God wills,” he added.