The leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement in Kano Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has declared his readiness to join the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) if his conditions will be accepted by the party.
The red caps leader made the declaration recently in a Hausa political program aired by the Premier Radio in Kano.
Kwankwaso also declared that he was one of those who founded the APC from inception, saying he belonged to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) faction that worked for the APC establishment.
He lamented how they were dumped aside after all they did without even a thank you message from late president Muhammadu Buhari that headed the party for eight years then.
He further declared that this time around himself and his supporters will only accept to join the APC if they are told what would be of their NNPP governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Senators, Rep members and others holding positions in the state under the NNPP.
Kwankwaso also said that he faced a lot of hardship struggling to bring APC to existence that include intimidations from EFCC, ICPC, Police, DSS and others.
“If I am invited to join the APC, I will, even now. But on what conditions?
“Nobody in this country cAn measure the hardship and difficulty we incurred trying to establish the APC, we are the founders of APC.
“We were in the leadership then, because we had more experience understanding how the federal government operates unlike those from the ACN and CPC who had no idea what was taking place in government then.
“We stood firm for the course and faced the federal government then facing all sots of problems. There were even Assembly members that were arrested from here (Kano) and locked up in Abuja.
“I personally faced all sorts of attacks using the EFCC, ICPC, Police, DSS and others, all because of APC. We are the founders of APC, we led everything, we stated from the Eagle Square and went round seven states then.
“All these have passed and today some people are benefiting from all the struggle we did when men were men.
“We will accept to join the APC if invited, but we must know what the NNPP will benefit from when we join. What will be the position of our Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf?
“We also have Senators and Reps as well as others holding positions in the state government, when we join the APC why will be their fate? Provide us with the answers.
“I cannot be taken back to the starting point when the party was founded, and we were dumped and molested in the end” Kwankwaso declared.