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Jonathan To Kwankwaso: You Embezzled My Campaign Funds

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President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday during the PDP rally in Kano state accused the Governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso, of embezzling his campaign funds provided to mobilise the state delegates for the 2011 presidential primary of the party.

He said the Governor did this intentionally in order to make the delegates angry and refuse to vote for him in the primary and during the presidential election.

He also said Kwankwaso didn’t vote for him in the 2011 Presidential election contrary to his claim.

Jonathan was reacting to a media report that quoted the governor as saying that he regretted voting for him in the 2011 election because he had not brought any meaningful development to the state.

Jonathan said “First, we read in some of the newspapers that the governor of Kano State, Kwankwaso said he regretted voting for me.

“Let me tell my good people of Kano that Kwankwaso did not vote for me and the Vice President whether in the primary or the main election.

“We accommodate a lot, we know so much but we talk less. Those of you from Kano in PDP, you knew what happened that when we entered that Eagles Square, by the time the counting got half way and when it was clear that I was to emerge as the candidate, Kwankwaso left the venue.

“If Kwakwanso had voted for me, he would have stayed to celebrate with me with the other governors.

“Even the little money that my campaign office provided for refreshment of the Kano delegates and for their transport, Kwakwanso refused to give to the delegates.

“He did that so that the Kano delegates will be angry and they will not vote for me.

“Even for the main election, the little money the campaign office sent to Kano State to facilitate the movement of people, Kwakwanso refused to give the money to anybody. How can Kwankwaso tell people that he voted for me?”

Jonathan also commiserated with the families of those who lost loved ones during the Nyanya bomb explosion in Abuja on Monday, while giving the assurance

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