Former Governor of Kano State and National Leader of Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso has slammed some key members of the New Nigerian Peoples Party in Kano State that recently defected to All Progressives Congress describing their actions as betrayal of the Kwankwasiyya Movement and NNPP.
Kwankwaso made the remark at his Miller Road residence in Kano on Friday evening when he received hundreds of supporters of Senator Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila from Takai local government who refused to follow Senator Kawu to the All Progressives Congress.
Recall that Senator Kawu who represents Kano South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, recently defected to the All Progressives Congress along with some Federal Lawmakers from Kano State.
Even though Kwankwaso did not mention their names, he said,” Kano South is a lesson. Voters rejected superghetti, N200 and Atamfa (wrappers) and were patient to vote for the NNPP.
“But those who won the election among us decided to abandone the masses and join those who do not have the masses at heart but are only after what they will get for themselves and their families.
“There is no worse political sin than leaving the party that gave you the opportunity and support but later you abandoned the party. This is the highest level of betrayal,” Kwankwaso said.
He, therefore, advised the youth to be wary of such politicians who are not after their well-being but rather they are after their pockets.
The former governor, who appreciated the decampees for “taking the courage to return to their base, said all those who betrayed Kwankwasiyya would regret their actions sooner or later.
“Fighting Kwankwasiyya is not an easy task, they will not know until when they engage in the fight.
In his remark, the state NNPP chairman, Hashimu Dungurawa thanked the defectors for taking the right step and assured them that the party would treat them equally.
The occasion was witnessed by the Senator representing Kano Central, Senator Rufai Sani Hanga, former Commissioner of Religious Affairs, Barrister Falali and chairman of Takai local government, Ibrahim Faruruwa among others.
