The Chairman of the New Nigeria Folks’s Celebration (NNPP) in Kano State, Alhaji Hashim Sulaiman Dugunrawa, has dismissed speculations that Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso is planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Talking on Tuesday, Dugunrawa acknowledged that the hearsay has been making the rounds in some political circles, however stated the get together sees it as a constructive signal.
“We’re completely happy that individuals are spreading it. It solely exhibits how politically related Senator Kwankwaso stays.
“Senator Kwankwaso, our chief, is a drive to be reckoned with so far as politics is worried,” he stated.
Dugunrawa additionally emphasised that individuals acknowledge the previous NNPP presidential candidate as a person of honour and integrity, not somebody tainted by corruption or irrelevance.
“Folks imagine and are satisfied that he (Senator Kwankwaso) is neither a thief nor a fraudster nor a political deadwood, however an individual extremely blessed with integrity and a targeted politician,” he acknowledged.
He acknowledged the long-standing relationship between Kwankwaso and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, noting that the 2 have shared a mutual political journey for years.
“The plan of the previous presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Folks’s Celebration (NNPP) to defect is only a hearsay.
“Nevertheless, we thank God that the hearsay is spreading in our favour, because it highlights Senator Kwankwaso’s recognition. Personally, I can not base something on mere hypothesis,’ he added.
He went additional to replicate on the previous political alliance between the 2 males.
“As you’ll recall, they had been each governors on the similar time. They had been additionally lawmakers, in addition to nice personalities who ruled two respected states within the nation.
“Whereas President Tinubu was a former governor of Lagos State, Senator Kwankwaso was additionally a former governor of Kano State. Each additionally served as members of the Crimson Chamber, representing their respective states within the Senate.
“Due to this fact, they don’t seem to be strangers to one another. For now, the hearsay of Senator Kwankwaso defecting to the APC stays only a hearsay.”
