Nigeria, Aug. 11 -- Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has criticised former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over a recent song by Dauda Rarara, a prominent political praise singer associated with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu.

Mr Kwankwaso, the presidential running mate in the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), said Mr Pantami should not be surprised by his criticism in the song because, by entering partisan politics, he has exposed himself to the attacks that politicians routinely face.

He spoke in an interview with DCL Hausa on Tuesday.

Mr Kwankwaso, who has himself been targeted by Rarara's political songs in the past, described the singer's attack on Mr Pantami...