Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), had issued a stark warning to President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), asserting that despite the current pressure from President Tinubu on Governors to join the ruling party, such moves would ultimately be futile.
According to a video shared by Saifullahi Hassan, the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Presidential Candidate from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) of the just concluded General Election, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the former Kano State Governor while speaking to members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement at his Miller Road residence, reacted to the defection of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, from the NNPP to the APC with defiance and a powerful reminder of divine political authority.
He also drew a parallel to their miraculous 2023 victories in the 2023 Kano State Gubernatorial Candidate, reminding the audience that in 2019, the Kwankwasiyya political structure held no councillor, senator, or House of Representatives seat within Kano, standing alone against a formidable coalition of former Governors, former Senators, and the then-sitting governor, stating ‘But God showed the whole world that leadership and power belong only to Him,” further framing their past success as a divine intervention that transcended mere political machinery.
Regarding the upcoming, 2027 Presidential Election, the NNPP leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso issued a chilling prophecy to defectors aligning with the APC, asserting that despite the current pressure from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Governors across the Federation to join the ruling party, such moves would ultimately be futile, suggesting that the concentration of political elites in one party would not guarantee electoral success.
He also argued that the defection of Governors was a superficial gain that ignores the will of the Nigerian populace, stating “Tinubu is putting pressure on all governors to defect to APC. But he should be reminded that even if all the 36 state governors defect to APC, the masses are not with him and they will vote him out,” at the same time positioning the upcoming election as a direct clash between the political class and the ordinary voter.