Tsohon gwamnan Jihar Kano, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, ya bayyana kyakkyawar alaka da Sanata Rabiu Kwankwaso da Abdullahi Ganduje, duk da sabanin ra’ayi a fannin siyasa. A cikin wata hira da ya yi, Shekarau ya nuna damuwarsa kan yadda Kwankwaso ya ci amanarsa a lokacin da suka kafa kwamiti domin tsara tsarin zabe a shekarar 2019.
Shekarau ya ce, “Kafin zaben 2019, mun kafa kwamiti da Kwankwaso, amma a karshe mun ji sunayen ‘yan takara a kafafen sada zumunta ba tare da an tuntube mu ba.” Ya bayyana cewa, wannan lamari ya jawo rashin jin dadin sa, yayin da ya tabbatar cewa yana da kyakkyawar alaka da Kwankwaso da Ganduje.
A cikin maganarsa, Shekarau ya tuna lokacin da yake neman zabe a shekarar 2003, inda ya ce babu wanda ya yi tsammanin nasararsa. Ya ce, “A zaben 2007, har Muhammadu Buhari ya ki zuwa jihar Kano domin yakin neman zabe saboda ba ya son jam’iyyar ANPP ta samu nasara.”
Saboda haka, Shekarau ya yi kira ga dukkanin masu ruwa da tsaki a siyasar Kano da su daina sabani da juna, domin ci gaban jihar. Wannan maganganun na Shekarau sun jawo hankalin jama’a, inda ake sa ran za a samu kyakkyawar fahimta a tsakanin manyan ‘yan siyasar jihar.