With 43 days remaining for him to leave office, Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje is begging for forgiveness from those he might have trampled in the course of governing the state.
He said,
“Forgive me, for I have forgiven all.”
The governor spoke at a Ramadan lecture series at Al Furqan Juma’at Mosque located at Nasarawa GRA, Kano.
Ganduje will be completing his second term of eight years on May 29, when he will hand over the baton of power to the governor-elect, Abba Kabir Yusuf, who is elected governor from the opposition New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Governor Ganduje, who was deputy governor before becoming governor, had campaigned for his deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, to succeed him in office.
“I have forgiven anyone who at one time disparaged my person and my character for whatever reasons. On my part, I equally beg or seek your forgiveness for all that I have done wrong to you,” he said.
“My tenure as governor of Kano state has come to an end, and this is a farewell greeting. I wish you all the best. For those who we have wronged, forgive us. On my part, I have forgiven those who wronged me no matter the weight of the offense,” he added.
The governor said he drew the inspiration (to seek forgiveness) from the position of Islam, adding that,
“as espoused by the leader of this Mosque, forgiveness occupies a prime spot in our religion”.
