A FORMER presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party, NNPP, in the 2023 general elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that members of the National Assembly elected under the platform of the party that defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, will regret their decision.
This newspaper reports that some lawmakers elected under the platform of NNPP had recently defected to the ruling party.
The decampees include the Senator representing Kano South, Kawu Sumaila, Alhassan Rurum, among others.
But speaking when he received hundreds of NNPP supporters from Takai Local government area at his Miller Road residence in Kano on Friday, Mr Kwankwaso described the defections as the highest form of political betrayal.
He said: ”Kano South is a lesson. Voters rejected spaghetti, N200 and Atamfa [wrappers] and were patient to vote for the NNPP.
“But those who won the election among us decided to abandon 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,” Mr Kwankwaso said.
He encouraged the youths not to be discouraged by their actions and remains faithful to the Kwankwassiyya Movement.
He, however, warned them to be wary of people who are only after their personal gains.
He also 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 chairman of NNPP, Hashimu Dungurawa, thanked visitors for their loyalty to the party.
