2023: Fresh Headache for Kwankwaso as 700,000 NNPP Chieftains Defect to PDP in Northern State, Give Reason

• The presidential ambition of Rabiu Kwankwaso has been faced with a huge threat following mass defection in the NNPP
• This is as the 700,000 members of the NNPP dumped the party and joined the PDP in Bauchi state
• To worsen the situation, the defectors urged the former governor of Kano state Kwankwaso to follow in their footsteps

Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano state and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) has been greeted with a new development from his party.

According to a report by Leadership, no fewer than 700,000 members of the NNPP in Bauchi State dumped the party and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In another shocking development, over 2.8 million NNPP members in the North East geo-political zone have also dumped the party for the PDP, zonal secretary of NNPP Dr. Babayo Liman declared.

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The defectors give a reason for their action

Liman who disclosed at a press conference in Bauchi, said the 2.8 million members represents the 3.5 million members he registered into the party in the last eight years of his stewardship as the zonal scribe of the party.

He said,

“I’m resigning my appointment as the Northeast zonal secretary of the NNPP, as a member of the presidential campaign council, as a member of the NNPP, and as a coordinator of the Kwankwasiyya in Bauchi State and in the Northeast geo-political zone of the country.”

Liman recalled that he formally resigned on January 14, 2023, but publicly announced his resignation and defection to PDP on Monday, January 16.

Members and supporters in the zone followed him.

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Defectors send message to Kwankwaso

He called on the NNPP presidential candidate Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso to join forces with the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to clinch the nation’s apex seat in next month’s elections.

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In another development, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taunted his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in Lagos.

The former vice president was in the state to present his economic plans to the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), where he called on Nigerians not to vote for the former governor of the state in the 2023 presidential election.

Atiku landed in Lagos on Sunday, January 15, shortly after his visit to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) where he commiserated with PDP members injured in a fatal accident in Plateau state.

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2023 presidency: Kwankwaso storms Peter Obi's backyard, makes crucial commitment

Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso stated that his primary purpose of contesting the 2023 presidential election is to end insecurity, reunite Nigerians and bring prosperity.

Legit.ng's regional reporter in Anambra, Mokwugwo Solomon, quoted Kwankwaso as making the promise recently when he visited Awka, the Anambra State capital, to inaugurate his campaign office.

He expressed optimism that his visit to Anambra would further strengthen the existing cordial relationship between himself and Soludo; as well as the states of Kano and Anambra.

Source: Legit.ng