Some Northern Elders Are Trying To Undermine Democracy – Rabiu Kwankwaso

A former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has come out to accuse some Northern leaders of undermining democracy and causing disharmony among the people.

He recently had his say during a recent interview with BBC Hausa, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, self-proclaimed northern stakeholders have been interfering in the process of selection and fielding of candidates during presidential elections, and the trend has resulted in political parties fielding incompetent candidates during elections.

He then urged the region’s leaders to draw lessons from the experiences of the past elections and refrain from influencing the process of candidates’ emergence.

His words, “This wicked practice they’re doing is causing discord among people. It is important to always have good intentions in whatever you do. It is unfortunate that these elders—some of whom are our parents—are being driven by selfish motives in fielding candidates.

They often connive to fabricate falsehood, gather people and tell them that these are the candidates the region endorses when in reality the decision was taken by just two or three persons. Instead of going to Port Harcourt or Abuja to promote our interests (we who are their children), they rather follow the dictate of their selfish minds.

We have all manner of people — former governors, former ministers, tall, short — but in the end, they did what suited them without considering our interests.”

WOW.