Senate Presidency: Musa Abdullahi replies Kwankwaso over anti-Saraki’s comment … Says he’s frustrate

Former Kwara State Commissioner for Energy, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi, yesterday came hard on Senator representing Kano Central, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwanwaso, over comments credited to the former Kano Governor, when he described Senator Bukola Saraki’s emergence as Senate President as threat to President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Abdullahi revealed that Kwankwaso was one of the contenders for the Senate Presidency, linking his vituperation to failure to emerge as the number one senator. While knocking the former Kano Governor, Abdullahi described him as a frustrated and over-ambitious politician, who resorted to castigating after his failure. He said: “Kwankwaso is over-ambitious too. He is also one of the aspirants for the Senate Presidency. You see, intelligence gathering is an integral part of politics. From the information we have gathered, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was also one of aspirants for the Senate Presidency. So, once he could not realise his ambition, all that was left for him is crucifying the winner. In a contest, there are bound to be winners and losers and usually the loser will always crucify the winner. That is the simple analogy of politics and what is playing out now. The statement that was attributed to Senator Rabiu Kwanwaso is meaningless as far as I am concerned because he is free to say whatever he likes. As you can see now, he is a frustrated politician. He doesn’t think Bukola Saraki will be where he is today. Kwankwaso is one of the rebels that worked against Saraki but as Almighty Allah intervened, we can now see what happened at the end of the day. So, Saraki’s emergence was handiwork of God.” The former Commissioner described Saraki’s emergence as victory for democracy, adding that the legislature is now free in Nigeria to elect its leaders without imposition or intervention from godfathers or executives. “Dr. Saraki’s emergence can be described as victory for democracy. In the sense that the legislature in Nigeria has come to an age whereby they have the liberty to elect their leaders on their own without intervention or imposition from any quarter whatsoever; be it godfather, money-bagged politicians or the executive. I can also attribute Saraki’s emergence to the fruitful efforts of religious leaders and the good people of Kwara State. I have confidence in him that he will perform creditably well as the Senate President,” Abdullahi, remarked. He, however, expressed hope that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would soon resolve the controversy, which followed the National Assembly leadership elections.