- Reveals, “What Tinubu and I discussed at our meeting.”
By Abiola Olawale
Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and former governor of Kano state, has firmly dismissed rumours and speculation of his purported return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking at a political gathering in Kano, Kwankwaso declared that he would rather exit politics entirely than rejoin the APC.
The statement comes after speculations emerged when the National Chairman of the APC Abdullahi Ganduje, recently hinted that Kwankwaso was planning to defect back to the ruling party.
Ganduje, a political rival of Kwankwaso, claimed the NNPP was “practically dead” and suggested the former governor was seeking to revive his political career through the APC.
However, Kwankwaso categorically denied these claims, emphasizing his commitment to the NNPP and the Kwankwasiyya movement.
According to him, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had begged him privately to join the APC, but he refused.
Kwankwaso asserted: “Without a doubt, Tinubu pleaded with me to return and even promised that any condition I set would be met for my return to the APC.
“But I refused his offer and made it clear that I would rather quit politics altogether than go back to the APC.”
The former governor of Kano State further said; “As for the 2027 elections, we will build a strong political movement that will end APC’s rule”.
Kwankwaso’s statement comes amid the ongoing mass exodus from opposition parties in the country to the APC.
Over the past few weeks, high-profile politicians have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and NNPP, among others, for the APC.
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, immediate past governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, among a host of others, are among the high-profile politicians that have recently joined the APC ahead of the 2027 General elections.
