Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has insisted that Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje remain his political protégés despite recent tensions within Kano politics.

Kwankwaso remarked on Wednesday while addressing members of the Kwankwasiyya movement at his Miller Road residence in Kano.

His comments appeared to be in response to recent remarks linked to Governor Yusuf, who reportedly questioned why a 69-year-old politician would refer to a 63-year-old man as “his boy”.

Speaking before a large gathering, Kwankwaso joked about the controversy, saying, “I was made to understand that a few don’t want to be referred to as my boy,” a statement that drew laughter from the audience.

He then spoke more directly in Hausa, insisting that both men rose politically under his guidance.

“If it is not out of disrespect, will Abba Kabir Yusuf say he is not my political son? If it is not out of disrespect, will Abdullahi Umar Ganduje say he is not my political son?” he said.

The audience responded with loud applause as Kwankwaso defended his role as a political mentor to the two prominent Kano politicians.

Ganduje had previously admitted to working side by side with Kwankwaso but clarified that theirs was not a political godfather-son relationship.

In an interview with the BBC, he said he was invited to serve as Kwankwaso’s deputy during their first tenure after losing in the primaries. He added that the decision to align during the second tenure was Kwankwaso’s own choice.

The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has described the exit of former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, from the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a big loss to the party.

Amadi made this remark on Thursday during a live appearance in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’.

He was reacting to the resignation of a Omo-Agege from the ruling party.

DAILY POST recalls that the ex-Deputy Senate President on Wednesday dumped the ruling party a few days after losing the Delta Central APC Senate primary.

Airing his opinion, Amadi said, “I think if Omo-Agege goes to any of the parties, he will definitely win the nomination because he’s a very strong politician.

“This represents a significant loss for the APC. The ruling party in Delta State has suffered a setback.

“He is likely to emerge as a strong opposition force against the APC because, before 2023, he had built a strong political network as Deputy Senate President.”

Prof. Femi Otubanjo, Director of Research, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs says he is surprised the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, is vying for the number one seat in the country.

Speaking during an interview on the Arise News TV morning show, Otubanjo said he is surprised because the African Democratic Congress, ADC chieftain does not have what it takes for the presidential race.

“I’m surprised that Amaechi is struggling to be president. The problem is that Nigerians take politics as incantation, when you say something repeatedly, you feel you can do it”, he said.

According to him, “Amaechi should not have bothered himself” to contest the ADC primary election with former vice president, Atiku Abubakar.

Otubanjo also expressed pessimism about, Atiku garnering reasonable votes from Southern Nigeria in 2027, stating that the ADC has no prominent members in the region.

“It was as if Amaechi was not in the primary. Right now Atiku has no leg in the South.

“No prominent ADC member is from the South except Amaechi but Amaechi is not an asset”, he added.