File photo: Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has insisted that Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and former governor Abdullahi Ganduje remain his political protégés despite growing political tensions in Kano State.

Kwankwaso made the remark while addressing members of the Kwankwasiyya movement at his Miller Road residence in Kano on Wednesday.

His comments were in response to recent remarks linked to Yusuf, who was reported to have questioned why a 69-year-old politician would describe a 63-year-old man as “his boy”, Daily Post reports.

Addressing supporters, Kwankwaso joked about the controversy, saying, “I was made to understand that a few don’t want to be referred to as my boy,” drawing laughter from the gathering.