Nigeria, May 24 -- Former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwakso, has explained his personal grudge against the Kano Emirate Council Law 2019, repealed on Thursday by the state House of Assembly.

Mr Kwankwaso, the leader of the New Nigerian People's Party (NNPP) ruling in the state, said the law was unfair to his ancestral locality.

Mr Kwankwakso is from Kwankwakso in Madobi Local Government Area. He said the town is located less than 25 kilometres from the palace of the Emir of Kano and should have been in Kano, Kura or Rano emirate but was shifted to far away Karaye Emirate out of a grudge against him by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

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