Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has warned Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, announcing that he would be dealt with for betraying the party that brought him to power.
Kwankwaso delivered the warning during an interview on BBC Hausa, following Yusuf’s defection from the NNPP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former Kano governor said the governor’s exit from the party was shocking, painful, and difficult to comprehend, stressing that Yusuf and others who defected with him would, in time, come to regret their actions.
“What has happened is very disturbing. Leaving the party that worked tirelessly to build you and brought you to power is not something that can be easily explained,” Kwankwaso said.
He cautioned that political decisions carry lasting implications, warning pointedly that the full consequences of the defection were yet to unfold.
“They may think they have succeeded today, but time will reveal everything. Actions like this always have consequences,” he declared.
Kwankwaso noted that the manner of Yusuf’s departure had unsettled NNPP members and supporters across Kano State, describing the mood within the Kwankwasiyya political family as one of disbelief and betrayal.
According to him, several people had approached him since the defection, expressing doubts about how and why it happened, with some speculating that it may have been the outcome of a broader political arrangement.
“Many people have come to me saying they believe what happened was part of a deal — either between me and him, or between me and those around him,” he said.
“Even I, on many occasions, find it hard to believe that things unfolded the way they did.”
He insisted, however, that no such agreement existed and maintained that time would ultimately expose the real motives and implications behind the political move.
It will be recalled that Governor Yusuf formally defected to the APC on Monday, days after resigning his membership of the NNPP on Friday — a development that has since triggered intense political debate across Kano State and beyond.
