NNPP fading away, Jibrin says as decampees join APC

Top members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), who are grassroots mobilisers of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

This was announced by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, who welcomed them to the APC.

According to Jibrin, who shared on X, the first group of decampees was led by Alhaji Abdullahi Sani Kwami, a former vice chairman of Gwarzo Local Government Area, Kano State.

He said Kwami, popularly known as Dollar, led hundreds of NNPP leaders, including grassroots party executive members and women leaders, to the APC when they visited him at the National Assembly on Tuesday.

In the same vein, a group of former student leaders, under the leadership of Comrade Mohammed Nafiu Danlami, dumped their red caps, the symbol of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, to embrace the APC, citing the Kwankwasiyya leader’s anti-masses policies and dictatorial leadership style as the reason for dumping the NNPP.

Jibrin also announced that a famous youth mobilizer of the NNPP/Kwankwasiyya in Getso, Gwarzo LGA, Abba Kafi Governor, led his followers to the APC, citing the Kwankwasiyya leader’s anti-masses policies and dictatorial leadership style as the reason for dumping the NNPP.

“Also, yesterday, a famous youth mobilizer of the NNPP/Kwankwasiyya in Getso, Gwarzo LGA, Abba Kafi Governor, led his followers to the APC, saying my pro-people interventions and projects attracted them.

“While welcoming them into our folds, I congratulated them for leaving a mushroom political party known only in a few Kano Central Senatorial District wards to the APC,” Jibrin said.

The Deputy Senate President said the NNPP is fading fast in Kano Central, adding that it is only known in a few wards.

He said, “The party is unknown in Kano North, and in Kano South, the key players of the party are on their way to the APC.

“Congratulations on leaving a mushroom political party for a national political party that is known globally, where your freedom is guaranteed, and you are as free as the air.

“As the decampees lamented, it is common knowledge that in NNPP, everything revolves around and is determined by one person, against the democratic ethos that gives everyone the right to aspire for any position.

“For the youth leaders, I pledged to mentor them. They are this country’s future. We know the importance of good mentorship in positively shaping citizens’ lives.

“They are young, educated, and a great asset to our beloved country. They don’t belong there. They belong here, where they have free space to be what they want to be in life.

“They have been freed and liberated from the bondage of the mushroom political party. You are welcome onboard.”