2027: Kwankwaso Denies Leaving NNPP

The National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said he has no plans to dump the party for another political party.

Kwankwaso made this clarification on Thursday at the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting held in Abuja.

The former lawmaker stated that the NNPP was performing well in Kano and other states, adding that they were very happy about that.

He 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.

The former Kano State Governor stressed that any negotiation regarding the 2027 general election would be a collective decision, saying that he believed in 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 added.

He advised party members not to be swayed by the hype of politicians defecting to any party.

Kwankwaso 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.

He noted that he returned to power eight years later, calling it a “good lesson for everybody.”

He said that Nigerians had already made up their minds about the 2027 general election, adding that “reality will determine the people’s votes.”