The All Nigeria People Party (ANPP)'s 2007 presidential flag bearer, Muhammadu Buhari, destroyed the party and then dumped it for a new group, Ibrahim Shekarau, the Kano State governor, alleged yesterday in Kano.

Mr. Shekarau, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on media, Sule Yau Sule, accused Mr. Buhari of destroying the party before leaving for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

"With all due respect, Buhari has added value to the cause of ANPP; but it cost us more than what he brought in," Mr. Shekarau said. "ANPP started in 1998. Buhari was not there, so how can he be the backbone of the party as (claimed).

"By 1999, nine Governors were sworn in from ANPP, Buhari was not a member of our party by then. But by 2003, we lost two states while Buhari was in the party. By 2007, we came down to three and a half and Buhari was still in the party. Not even a single councillor from Daura nor Katsina, where Buhari hails from, won election under ANPP."

Mr. Shekarau said he doesn't intend to tarnish the image of Mr. Buhari, but said more prominent politicians would soon come out to narrate what Buhari has done to ANPP.

"More eminent persons are coming forward to give a truer account of General Buhari's sojourn in ANPP," he said.

‘Juicy fabrication'

The state governor, who was reacting to a story "why Shekarau is against Buhari" attributed to the CPC spokesperson, Dennis Aghanya, said he has nothing against Mr. Buhari and wishes him well with his future political endeavours.

"Shekarau has nothing personal or political against Buhari and the general had never personally claimed that Shekarau was against him," he said. "Like the party itself, Shekarau has accepted Buhari's exit from ANPP in good faith and has wished the general luck in his future political outings."

The Kano State governor said that, as far as he is concerned, there is no enmity between himself and Mr. Buhari, adding that any claims to the contrary are just a figment of the imaginations of persons he described as political jobbers.

"The enmity tale is a juicy fabrication of the Buhari organisation (TBO) jobbers angling for political relevance," he said. "Our candid advice to Buhari is to embrace democratic traditions, respect party decisions, think and act less like a Brigade Commander. Politics is a game of collective bargaining where political actors must be ready to subsume their egoistical itches under superior national or party interest."

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what a story! it is quite obvious people are not interested in this topic

why is it on the front page? with no replies?

lol!!!!!

Can u imagine this Shekarau? hin ma dey talk where everybody dey talk! Moreso to Buhari!!! Dem be mate? anyway I don't blame him. Na Buhari sell himself cheap if not what is he doing with this kind of Shekarau? Kai, Politics is really a dirty game, see how dirt has rubbed on Buhari!!!!!!!!!!

A dumb governor speaking like a brainless brat. Is it the presence of Buhari that has led to the gradual loss of states initially won by the ANPP or the ineptitude of its leadership as exemplified by Umeh Ezeoke shamelessly hobnobbing with PDP?

Shekarau is still in shock, he knows that without BUHARI there's no anpp.

Pls is that how the Governor looks, or is that the picture of a blind mad man?

Gold-mind:

Pls is that how the Governor looks, or is that the picture of a blind mad man?

Oh boy! Thats the way he is. Mind you, this is one of the people positioning themselves to contest the presidency come next year.

. . . and really loved by his co northerners!

Gold-mind:

Pls is that how the Governor looks, or is that the picture of a blind mad man?

Yes oooo, he is cool, with money to play around with

How did this nonsense make the front page?

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Politicians just love to deceive themselves.

Im sure Shekarau's nursing some form of presidential ambition.

The 'almajiri' governor himself !!!

Beast of no nation.

i don't understand his claims, did buhari remove the governors or chairmen from their seats or he disappointed by not facilitating ballot boxes snatch for them. is it his fault that they did not make enough seats or is he expecting buhari to mobilize his dead fore fathers to come vote, bloody miscreants

General Buhari,
The best (and only) anti-corruption leader our nation has ever had.

We should always be weary of thieving corrupt politicians criticising Buhari.

Buhari has proven he can take a very hardline on corruption which is exactly the medicine that our country needs.

I pray that he gets a chance to finish implementing what he started in Dec 1983 before the 419er IBB was sponsored by OBJ and other crooks to overthrow him.

OBJ and IBB and all their  embecilic thieving friends that have wrecked our nation should face justice.

Very stupid comments coming from a stupid and misplaced person,the are all one party so should bear the blame collectively idiots.

I want to believe he is right by what he has said and we need to have a critical look of things around the north and then we would have an idea of what it is like.

Most importantly, has no-one every pondered why the old horses keeps showing up for the new race? Why is Buhari keen in ruling Nigeria? He has lost it several times and yet he doesn’t give up. Not because he is competent enough, but he is selfish. Why can’t anyone of the old ones really support or sponsor a younger and brilliant candidate to make the change the claim to desire?

No! They all want to refill their coffers. Just within months or in between years Buhari has switched in between parties that cannot guarantee him Presidency. He was in the Mega party and now CPC where now he feels he can call the shot better rather than argue with other bright ideas. Did I forget to include that he has vengeance running in his spine when he assumes powers? Oh yes! We also should remember that Sharia Law we never wanted to hear would be the official legal system and what again, may be extremism

Oh, I’m not suppose to write all this

Drunk

ANPP a sinking ship like Nigeria without direction and pilot

Well thank God theya re all getting Old, I give them 20 yrs max.

Well said.

Buhari is the one that destoyed ANPP now, right? When he raised up the hand of Shekarau, a former school teacher, and lent him some credence before the fanatically pro-Buhari crowd in Kano, he was not destroying ANPP then. When people dumped the preferred party in Kano (PDP) and turned their backs on Rimi, Kwankwaso, Na'aba and the likes to vote in Shekarau because he was endorsed by Buhari, he wasn't destroying ANPP then.

Now that Shekarau felt that he had grown enough to be his own man, he said Buhari destroyed ANPP. Politicians!!!

Meanwhile, this Shekarau is being put forward for the presidency of Nigeria by some Northwesterners. Is this a plague?: To always present the worst to rule over the best?

Buhari's self serving ambition and thinking that he has a divine right to run the country has the capacity to destroy any party

The saga continues

There's nothing new in the news anymore, the same things are just happening to different people,

HHHHmmmmmmmmmmmm Shameless idiots

NO!!!! He is a Disaster at least to the Kanonians!

Doesnt he ve enuf things on his hands lyk d welfare of his state rather than make irrelevant statements rubbish

YES OH! GEN BUHARI IS RIGHT!!!
IT DOES NOT PAY TO BE A COMITTED CIVIL SERVANT IN NIGERIA!!!

Which Saga? Rubbish like this you call Saga

ANPP is really old stuff and marrying PDP's daughters and all that shett

So lets forget/

And what are we supposed to do? Shed a tear?

@Drunk,
Please stop trying to taint Buhari with this Sharia Law nonsense, he is no more likely to implement Sharia law than any other president. In fact OBJ tenure oversaw implementation of Sharia law.

Also you have to look back on Buhari's 20months of leadership and judge him on that. During Buhari's tenure he never implemented Sharia law. So it appears you are trying to smear him, because people like you, who have probably done very well from the corrupt system are afraid of an anti-corruption leader such as Buhari getting into power.

Just found this picture showing our corrupt leaders together.