The former Governor of kano Staand presently tte national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party(NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Thursday, denied plans to defect to another political party.
Kwankwaso , who made the clarification during the party’s National Executive Committee meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, said thwas performing well in Kano and other states.
He said the NNPP is happy about that, just as he also acknowledged that many people attended the meeting to hear from him following recent fake news reports that he would be making a critical decision about his future with the NNPP.
“But let me take this opportunity to tell you that we have our party, and we are comfortable. We are happy.We are ready to do whatever it takes because we are not in a hurry,” he said.
According to Kwankwaso, any negotiation regarding the 2027 general election would be a collective decision, saying he believed so much in the party supremacy.
“If there will be any negotiation, it will be collective. It will not be only for the negotiators but for the entire members of this NNPP family
“The fact remains that there is nobody in Kwankwasia today that I know, or even in NNPP, who is saying that, ‘yes, I want to go,” he said.
He advised party members not to be swayed by the hype of politicians defecting to any party.
“Those people don’t understand, and they don’t have much experience. They believe that they know when they actually don’t know.
“Even if they are interested in knowing, I think they should come and ask one of us,” he said.
The popular Kano politician recalled how he lost the 2003 governorship election in Kano, even as a sitting governor, due to public support for the late former President Muhammadu Buhari
While explaining that he returned to power eight years later, calling it a “good lesson for everybody.” Kwankwanso said that Nigerians had already made up their minds about the 2027 general election, adding that “reality will determine the people’s votes.”
In his remarks, the party’s National Chairman, Dr Ajuji Ahmed, said the NNPP was “the beautiful bride of Nigerian politics and democracy,” waxing strong as the country heads towards the 2027 elections.
Highlights of the event included the appointments of caretaker committees for Kogi, Gombe, Taraba, and Jigawa states and the extension of the Lagos State chairman’s tenure.
Attendees included NEC-elected political officers on the NNPP platform and an INEC observer team.
