by Ogunyemi Bukola

Kano State Governor, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has said reports quoting him as saying he would declare his intention to run for the presidency in 2015 at the right time as nothing but an unfortunate misrepresentation of fact.

The governor declared that he is focused on critical issues of governance and development in Kano State and is yet to make a decision on his political future.
A statement issued in Kano and signed by the Governor’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Malam Halilu Dantiye, said the governor, currently serving his second term, never made any statement that suggested that he would contest the presidency of Nigeria in 2015.

The statement reads:

”We, therefore, wish to state unequivocally that Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso, currently serving his second and final term as governor of Kano State, has not declared interest to vie for the presidency of this country or for any elective position.

”What Gov. Kwankwaso said was that at the moment he is focusing on critical issues of development and security in Kano State and will make his position on his political future known in due course.

”He stressed that two years into his tenure in office is too early to start talking about 2015.”