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From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Over 40 politicians who defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) alongside Senator Ibrahim Shekarau have resolved to remain in the party
Reading a communique on behalf of the 45 politicians on Tuesday night, Haruna Isa Dederi, a House of Representatives member representing Karaye/Rogo federal constituency, said they have resolved to remain in the NNPP to exercise their civic rights as enshrined in the constitution.
“We jointly and severally remain members of the NNPP, Kano State chapter, with an unshaken loyalty and determination to carry the party to success in the forthcoming general election. We shall continue to make sacrifices to our great party to further strengthen our party’s support base.
“We urge all our people to equally continue to cooperate with us so that we can redirect the affairs of our state for the betterment for its people as well as to save the nation from the state of near collapse.
“We recognised the inalienable right of any citizen to make his or her choices in exercising his or her freedom of association as enshrined in our constitution,” Dederi said.
He added that they joined NNPP because of their conviction about its manifestoes and principles, noting that “these objective have placed greater emphasis on solutions to the problems facing the country to mere theoretical answers alone.”
Those in attendance at the meeting included governorship candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf, deputy gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Aminu Abdulsalam, senatorial candidate (Kano South), Abdulrahman Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila and former Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly and member representing Rano/Kibiya/Bunkure federal constituency, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum.
