Abba: Between gidan Kwankwaso and gidan APC

For Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf, the biggest challenge, if he decides to part ways with his benefactor to embrace the APC, is the fact that he refused to build his own structure.
From all indications, he has all this white been relying heavily on the political structure of his godfather, Kwankwaso, which brought him to power, to run for a second term.
Yemi Osinbajo as vice president, made the same mistake. He didn’t want to offend certain forces by building a structure; he did not want to commit the sin of Atiku as vice president, so he stayed away from building a structure and projected the image of an ice cream man, thinking his boss, the man with the 12 million votes would back up him when the chips are down.
The chips came down and he was left on his own. No back up.
The only attractive thing about Yusuf politically is that he is a sitting governor. Nothing more. No one would have approached him for an alliance without the office.
If he parts ways with his benefactor, he would, to put in an understandable political term, be moving alone.
Not only that, he would have to contend with the older members of the APC that have invested much to get the party’s ticket.
This comprises those that Yusuf would displace to grab the APC ticket and their sponsors who would be too happy to see him lose.
He should know that Kwankwaso can still offer the ticket of any party he aligns with to another aspirant and win Kano.
I don’t see Yusuf as sufficiently prepared and fortified to stand alone.
Without Kwankwaso, he cannot outwit old man Ganduje in political sagacity, neither can he match the well oiled machinery of Bichi nor the on-the- spot astuteness of Barau.
What has been covering up for Abba Gida Gida all this while is the shadow of Kwankwaso that follows him, like MTN, everywhere he goes.
Without it, Yusuf will find out that the difference between when he had the backing of Kwankwaso and when alone is akin to the difference between a man who is chauffeur-driven to his office and one that treks barefoot to his farm.
One stands a 90 percent chance of completing the task while the other stands a 90 percent chance of not even arriving at his destination.
But Kwankwaso too should wake up and smell the coffee. No one runs a one-man- show for long especially when out of power.
The only reason Wike and Akume can still talk tough is because they’re still connected to power.
He has dilly- dallied on taking a decision for too long.
If he allows Yusuf to go solo, he will be fighting an unnecessary battle that will definitely drain him. Even if he wins the battle to retain Kano, it would be a pyrrhic victory that would have done much damage to his ambition in national politics.
So, both need each other. The relationship for now appears more like an auren zobe.