The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has shut the door against any possibility of its leader and presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso joining the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This is as the party also called on the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje to leave Kwankwaso alone.
TrackNews Media recalls the immediate past Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, had expressed the desire that his former boss, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ganduje, the new APC National Chairman who spoke during a chat with some media organizations in Kano on August 5, said it was ripe for Kwankwaso to return to APC now that he is in charge of the party affairs.
Ganduje served in subordinate positions to Kwankwaso as deputy governor and chief of staff at different political offices, until 2015 when he was elected governor.
The two former governors of Kano State and political associates however fell apart after the 2015 general elections.
Speaking on the current political situation, the NNPP has insisted that Kwankwaso won’t join the APC because he is busy developing the NNPP.
Speaking to journalists at the national headquarters of the NNPP, the national auditor of the party, Ladipo Johnson, said it is only a diversionary tactic for the APC to be talking about Kwankwaso’s possible defection.
Also speaking, the NNPP national chairman Abba Kawu Ali said he was surprised that the APC could pick a man like Ganduje as its leader.
He added that there is no point comparing Ganduje with Kwankwaso because the latter is miles ahead and better than the new APC national chairman.
He said, “The party performed very well in the 2023 general elections given the fact that from its formation to the election proper was less than one year.
“Apart from winning seats in both the National and State Assemblies, the party also won the Governorship election in Kano state.”
He added that the party is the third party in the National Assembly after the APC and the PDP, adding that the NWC meeting was called to take stock of its achievements and where it is supposed to be in the next coming years.
“Nine states were said to have been involved in anti-party activities, but eight were found guilty by the Disciplinary Committee. Ogun, Katsina, Delta, Zamfara, Rivers, Enugu and some others.”
“The state’s executives especially the Chairmen have been suspended and interim leadership to run the affairs of the party before the Caretaker Committees would be set up.
“However, in the case of Ogun and Delta states, the Chairmen have been expelled and very soon we will begin to expose what they have been doing to undermine the party.”
