The New Nigeria Peoples Get together, NNPP, has stated it acquired with shock experiences that the Congress of the US of America is contemplating a invoice titled The Nigeria Spiritual Freedom and Accountability Act, 2026 (H.R. 7457), wherein the nationwide chief of the social gathering, Rabiu Kwankwaso, was named as the only real particular person, alongside the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Affiliation and a Fulani ethnic militia, to face focused sanctions, together with visa bans and asset freezes.
This, in line with the experiences, is because of his purported accountability for “extreme spiritual freedom violations.”
Responding to the experiences, the NNPP Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, dismissed any suggestion that Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has been accountable, in any means, for spiritual freedom violations.
The social gathering stated it was curious and regrettable that Kwankwaso could be cited for points he knew nothing about.
“We see this improvement as a contrived motion towards an harmless man who clearly has no relationship with spiritual fundamentalism in Nigeria.
“His file is within the public area, each in public workplace and in personal life, and it’s advisable for individuals to analyze such issues correctly earlier than reaching such conclusions,” the social gathering stated.
Johnson acknowledged that months earlier than the newest improvement, Kwankwaso had overtly reacted when President Donald Trump redesignated Nigeria as a Nation of Specific Concern over alleged spiritual persecution.
In a press release posted on his X deal with on the time, Senator Kwankwaso cautioned towards what he described as oversimplified characterisations of Nigeria’s inside challenges.
Kwankwaso acknowledged that it was vital to emphasize that Nigeria is a sovereign nation whose individuals face various threats from outlaws throughout the nation.
Nonetheless, in a put up shared on X, Rep. Riley Moore of the U.S. Congress acknowledged to Kwankwaso: “Governor, do you care to remark by yourself complicity within the dying of Christians? You instituted Sharia legislation. You signed the legislation that makes so-called blasphemy punishable by dying.”
The NNPP stated this allegation stemmed from the truth that Kano State, underneath Kwankwaso’s management, introduced the Islamic authorized code into full impact, becoming a member of different northern states corresponding to Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Yobe, Jigawa, and Borno.
“However is that this sufficient to accuse Kwankwaso of extreme spiritual freedom violations? Why had been the opposite state governors who launched Sharia of their states not accused as nicely?” the assertion requested.
“Is Rep. Moore being honest or selective? Isn’t the U.S. in good relations with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, each Sharia international locations? Why is that this coming simply after our authorities apparently paid for a guide within the U.S.? Isn’t it unusual that it’s Kwankwaso, an opposition chief who has spoken out repeatedly about insecurity underneath this administration, that the US now appears to be turning on?”
The social gathering recalled that as governor of Kano State, Senator Kwankwaso ensured that the Boko Haram sect was worn out of the state, including that his shut relationships with Christian leaders in Kano and throughout the nation attest to his credibility as a nationwide chief and statesman.
“Even when he was pressured to introduce Sharia, he nonetheless misplaced his election as a result of predominantly Muslim voters punished him for supporting a Christian presidential candidate, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Moreover, in 2023, he ran his presidential marketing campaign with a Christian bishop, Bishop Isaac Idahosa, as his operating mate.
“These are the details which we imagine ought to information the Congress and its leaders, notably Reps. Riley Moore and Chris Smith, to hold out a radical investigation into the credibility of our chief, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, in order that justice is finished to his noble title and he’s cleared of such undue embarrassment,” Johnson stated.
