National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has challenged his opponents to continue their disparaging comments against his wife over the drama that trailed the replacement of one of the ministerial-nominees from Kano.
Daily Trust reports that a high-powered politicking had seen Ganduje triumph in replacing the name of Maryam Shetty with that of his preferred candidate, Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure, a friend of his daughter, Amina.
Within 24 hours of the dramatic turn of events, a video went viral in which Ganduje could be seen smiling at the mention of Maryam Shetty with his wife Hafsat, the new ministry nominee Bunkure, and other females.
Daily trust report that, The words “the head has now fit the cap” were spoken in Hausa by a woman whose face was not recorded during what appeared to be a thank you visit to Ganduje and his family.
Another voice asked, “When we heard that they brought one Maryam, Maryam who?” and was answered, “Shetty.”
At this point, Bunkure, Ganduje, and Hafsat Ganduje (also known as Gwaggo) could all be seen laughing.
Who is Shetty, I asked? We were perplexed, so I remarked, “Where is she from?” Kano, they said,” the opening speaker said.
I want them to call out Gwaggo again, Ganduje can be heard saying in the second video as he appears to be responding. A new chapter of stupidity has been started by them. The fact that Bunkure has joined the caucus is something for which we are grateful.
Bunkure served as the higher education commissioner during Ganduje’s second tenure as governor of Kano state.
Due to her friendship with Amina, one of Ganduje’s daughters, who is thought to have influenced her selection as commissioner, she is also closely connected to the Ganduje family.
Shetty and Bunkure were students at Kano Foundation and afterwards at Bayero University, where they studied together in various courses and shared a faculty of medical sciences.
Due to being in the same faculty at both the junior secondary school and the university, the two also belonged to the same circle of friends. Bunkure read Medicine and Surgery while Shetty read Physiotherapy.
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