Following the denial of access to the popular Eagles Square in Abuja for the official declaration of his presidential ambition, Former Kano State governor and Senator representing Kano central, Rabiu Kwankwaso has announced another venue for the event.
Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Kwankwaso’s spokesperson, Binta Sipikin, said the ceremony will now at Chida Hotel in Utako, Abuja.
It was reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant was denied use of the Eagle Square a public open facility used for such gathering.
Authorities maintaining the facility had, after initially granting him access, denied him usage of the venue; a move believed to be to checkmate the former Kano governor.
In a letter signed by Usman Raji, the facility manager of the Abuja International Conference Centre & Eagles Square, the government said the decision to deny him the Eagle Square was to avoid disruption of “work flow” at the federal secretariat, the work place of hundreds of federal civil servants.