Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has revealed that Nafiu Bala failed to show up at a planned meeting between the two of them.
NOP NIGERIA understands that the meeting was aimed at resolving the issues affecting the leadership and activities of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
However, Kwankwaso was quoted to have said that he stayed up all night expecting Bala to arrive for the meeting, but the politician didn’t turn up.
Speaking during an interview with DCL Hausa, Kwankwaso called on the Emir of Gombe, other Emirs and Sheikhs to prevail on Bala not to work against the interest of the ADC.
Kwankwaso, who recently defected to the ADC, described Bala’s absence as a missed opportunity for fatherly counsel for the young politician.
“Yesterday, right up until dawn, I was waiting for Nafiu Bala, but he didn’t come. People told me he will not come. I wasn’t happy about it,” Kwankwaso stated during the interview.
He added a pointed local metaphor: “I told him that he shouldn’t turn into the lizard at the mouth of the pot.”
Kwankwaso disclosed that he had planned to advise Bala “like from father to son,” noting that the Gombe-born politician is a young man born in 1990.
He warned that Bala’s actions involving the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and democracy “will not help him.”
The former Kano State Governor also appealed to leaders and politicians in Gombe to call Bala to order.
“Whoever sees him should advise him to remove his hand from bringing problems to the ADC.
“They say he is from Gombe. I called upon the Emir of Gombe and other Emirs and politicians and Sheikhs that know him to talk to him,” he said.
NOP NIGERIA reports that Bala has been laying claims to the ADC leadership seat, prompting the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to derecognise David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola as the party’s leaders pending the outcome of the court case on the national leadership of the ADC.
