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From Sunday Ani
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has alleged that the vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is still clinging to the NNPP in spite of publicly announcing his membership of another party.
The allegation was contained in a statement issued by the NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Ogini Olaposi, in Lagos.
A statement jointly signed by Mohammed Serina, NDC North West Vice Chairman, and Hussaini Mariga, NDC Kano Chairman, on Monday stated that Kwankwaso had cornered all elective positions in Kano for members of his Kwankwasiyya group ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to the NNPP, Kwankwaso is not only trying to hijack political power in NDC Kano, but he has also continued to drag the NNPP into controversy for reasons best known to him.
“Some members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement are the ones he left behind to continue the litigations that he initiated.”
“The NDC should be smart and intelligent enough to understand that Kwankwaso’s structures were, in the past, organic in Kano State, but at the moment, all his commanding officers have joined the APC.”
“Any discerning mind should never take Buba Galadima and Kwankwaso’s rhetoric seriously in the political space of Nigeria.”
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“Kwankwaso and Galadima betrayed the trust of the founding members of the NNPP and have not stopped manipulations to still hijack the party.”
“It’s already in the public space that the Kano structure is under attack, and if the original members of the NDC in Kano do not stand firm, they shall taste the waters,” the party said.
The party warned that it would be tantamount to political suicide if the NDC made the same mistakes as the NNPP, which are still evident in the continued litigations by Kwankwaso’s followers, even after their master has departed.
The NNPP pointed out that after Kwankwaso’s high-handedness resulted in the defection of the party’s sole governor to the APC, what was left of the party’s structure collapsed, and members of the Kwankwasiyya movement finally joined the APC.
“Whichever crowd Kwankwaso may claim at the moment is hired for the purposes of political trade-ship. Kwankwaso’s 1,000,000 votes in the 2023 general elections are gone for good and cannot be activated in 2027.”
“We are aware that he left his stooges behind in the NNPP, including Mr Dipo Olayoku, Prince Onu Nweze and Mohammed Bala, to hold forth for him against his 2031 presidential ambition.”
The party noted that as expelled members of the NNPP, Kwankwaso and Galadima would not be readmitted into its fold due to the destruction they brought to its ranks.
“It is our hope that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shall exercise restraint over his conduct in disobeying court orders to avoid truncating the 2027 general elections.”
