Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s Father Lived A Fulfilled Life – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is currently mourning with ex-governor of Kano state, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso over the death of his father, Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso.

The party recently revealed this via a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the late Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso was an upright, honest and selfless leader who dedicated his life at all times towards the good of the nation and humanity at large.

He added that the deceased definitely lived a fulfilled life to the praise of the Almighty Allah.

His words, “Though we grieve that the Maijidadi Kano left at a time his prayers and wise counsel are needed the most, we are however consoled that he lived a fulfilled life to the praise of the Almighty Allah and bequeathed to the nation, a gift of a patriot in Senator Kwankwaso, who has distinguished himself with an exceptional commitment to the stability, peace and development of our dear nation.”

“Our party commiserates with Senator Kwankwaso, the entire Kwankwaso family as well as the people of Kano state and prays God to comfort them and grant them the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.”

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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is a major contemporary political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won every Presidential election between 1999 and 2011, and was until the 2015 elections, the governing party in the Fourth Republic although in some cases, amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. Currently, PDP controls 14 states out of 36 states in Nigeria.

In 1998 the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria norminated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading member of the Social Democratic Party) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated 29 May, 1999.

The longtime slogan of the People’s Democratic Party has been “Power to the people”. During the party’s National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 21 May 2016, David Mark, a former President of the Senate of Nigeria, introduced “Change the change” as the party’s campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections.