APC would prevail in Kano in the general elections of 2023, according to senator Kabiru Gaya.
Speaking to journalists in Kano, Gaya, who is the representative for Kano South, said that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) won't pose a danger to the success of the current APC.
Fears that the APC would lose Kano State due to Rabiu Kwankwaso's NNPP's rise were allayed by the 70-year-old senator, who has served in the Senate since 2007.
According to him, Kano is just a battleground between the PDP and the current APC, and the NNPP is nothing more than a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) branch.
“In Kano, we have two political parties. The APC and the PDP. The PDP split into two with the Kwankwassiyya forming NNPP. We still have only APC and PDP in Kano. So I am optimistic APC will win Kano in 2023,” he boasted.
The former Governor agreed that his main challenger for the Kano South, Kawu Sumaila of the NNPP, is pulling a crowd but remained hopeful he will return to the Senate for the fifth time.
“Kawu is doing well, but I have more crowd than him, and I believe I will win the election,” he said and advised politicians to desist from plans to buy votes at the 2023 polls.
Gaya, who is the Senate Committee Chairman on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), warned that vote buying and any other form of money politics will not work during next year’s general election.
He advised desperate politicians not to waste their time on money politics because, “with the passing of the Electoral Law 2022, that act (vote buying) is over.”
“In Kano APC, we are united; we know who is who when its comes to politics. All those making noise are a bunch of hired crowds of hangers-on. But when the chips are down they will chicken out and you will know who actually owns Kano,” he said.