Secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Social gathering’s Board of Trustees, Buba Galadima, has disclosed that Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State deserted his political god-father, Rabiu Kwankwaso, lengthy earlier than he publicly introduced his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Galadima mentioned Yusuf’s choice to align with the APC and former Kano governor Abdullahi Ganduje marked a historic betrayal of the political motion that introduced him to energy.
Based on him, the governor severed ties with Kwankwaso barely three months after assuming workplace.
“Three months into his tenure, he deserted Kwankwaso however publicly, he nonetheless handled him like a king. What occurs behind closed doorways is completely different,” the NNPP chieftain mentioned.
Galadima dismissed options that Yusuf’s defection was within the curiosity of Kano residents, insisting it was pushed solely by self-preservation.
“His personal private curiosity — private, private, private,” he mentioned. “Not Kano individuals. Not peace in Kano.”
He maintained that the defection would have been considered otherwise if Yusuf had joined one other get together.
“Had Governor Yusuf moved from NNPP to a different platform aside from APC, I may have mentioned he moved effectively, however on this case, it’s only a matter of survival,” Galadima mentioned.
He described the transfer as emotionally painful for the NNPP management, recounting the sacrifices made to safe Yusuf’s victory.
“There may be nothing beneath the solar we didn’t do for Abba Kabir Yusuf to prevail. For 3 days, Kwankwaso and I didn’t sleep. We travelled, we struggled, we put every part on the road,” he disclosed.
Galadima additionally credited former President Muhammadu Buhari and the courts for Yusuf’s eventual emergence as governor after protracted authorized battles.
“The person who took our victory in 2019 and gave it to Ganduje later stood agency and mentioned, ‘This boy received his election. Give him his victory,’” he mentioned.
He accused Yusuf of abandoning the rules that sustained him politically, claiming worry of future electoral loss drove his defection.
“He believed that even when he received once more, APC would nonetheless take it, so why not be a part of them?” Galadima mentioned.
Rejecting claims that Yusuf had freed himself from Kwankwaso’s affect, Galadima argued the governor was merely a beneficiary of the get together.
“I don’t assume he was ever NNPP,” he mentioned. “He was solely a beneficiary of the NNPP.”
He additional claimed Yusuf had misplaced grassroots help, insisting the NNPP intentionally stayed silent till the governor introduced his defection.
“Right now, we now have the sympathy of the individuals of Kano,” Galadima mentioned, including that the get together would survive regardless of shedding its solely governor.
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