Kwankwaso’s Presidential Declaration Relocated to Chida Hotel After Eagle Square Approval Denied

 Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the immediate past Governor of Kano State, has shifted the venue for his 2019 presidential declaration from Eagle Square in Abuja to the Chida Hotel Event Centre following the refusal of his initial request by the Federal Government.

In a statement issued by the Kwankwaso Campaign Organisation, the body managing Eagle Square and the International Conference Centre, Integrated Facility Management Services Limited, officially notified the team on Tuesday, August 28, 2018—just one day before the scheduled event—that the application to use the national venue had been turned down.

The former governor, who recently returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) in July 2018, is seeking the PDP presidential ticket for the 2019 general election.

Supporters of the senator, popularly known as Kwankwasiyya members, have already started gathering in large numbers at the new venue in Abuja ahead of the declaration ceremony.