The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has distanced itself from the plan by Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf of Kano State to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Besides, the party reaffirmed its strong loyalty to its national leader and founder of the Kwankwasiyya movement and former governor of Kano State, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Addressing journalists on Monday, State NNPP Chairman, Hon. Hashim Dungurawa, insisted that Yusuf’s plan to defect to the APC was a gross betrayal of the party’s trust and added that Kwankwaso would remain in NNPP. “It is important to make clear that the Kano State party, the national party, and our national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, together with other leaders, do not approve of what is happening.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2025 14:51 UTC