Former presidential candidate and leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, and his close associates will regret leaving the party, insisting that the governor’s political fate has already been sealed by his alliance with former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
Kwankwaso, who spoke in an interview on BBC Hausa on Wednesday, said the manner in which Ganduje received Yusuf into the All Progressives Congress (APC) and publicly raised his hand was a clear indication that the governor had already lost his re-election bid.
“If Ganduje truly had the power to raise someone’s hand to victory, he would have done so in 2019. If he had that power, he would have done so in 2023,” Kwankwaso said.
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In an earlier interview with BBC, Ganduje said political rivalries had been laid to rest with the defection of the governor to the APC.
But Kwankwaso said he was convinced that Governor Yusuf and those who defected with him would face serious political challenges in the APC, adding that even if the governor does not return to the NNPP, “he will regret it”.
