'Stop comparing yourself to Sarduana' - ACF scribe to Kwankwaso

Author: Seun OpejobiPublished on: June 9, 2026Country: Nigeria

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'Stop comparing yourself to Sarduana' - ACF scribe to Kwankwaso

Tukur Mohammed-Baba, National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), criticized Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential running mate, for comparing himself to the late Sarduana of Sokoto, Ahmad Bello, and Aminu Kano. Mohammed-Baba stated that Kwankwaso is saying the wrong things and that the North will see him as irrelevant. He described Kwankwaso's claims of being the new Messiah of the North as highly delusional.

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