The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Abdullahi Abass, has responded sharply to Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
Abass challenged Kwankwaso to focus on regaining his position in the NNPP rather than making futile attempts to undermine APC’s dominance in the state.
In a statement released to the press in Kano on Thursday, Abass mocked Kwankwaso’s claim to diminish APC’s influence, calling it “laughable.”
He further accused the former governor of Kano State, who is also the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, of being out of touch with reality and said his departure from NNPP was due to his “cluelessness and self-centeredness.”
Abass warned that the APC would not allow the same vote manipulation tactics used during the 2023 elections that falsely suggested the NNPP had significant support in Kano State.
He emphasized that Kwankwaso’s political relevance had faded, describing him as a “political wanderer” who left the APC due to his inability to align with the party’s progressive ideals.
“Kwankwaso’s ego and domineering nature led him to abandon both the APC and PDP, and now he’s been rejected by the NNPP,” Abass said.
“He has become a political refugee with no party to truly call home.”
He also reassured APC supporters that the party was already preparing to reclaim control of Kano State and free it from Kwankwaso’s influence.
Abass vowed that the APC would ensure that Kwankwaso’s political ambitions were curtailed.
Kwankwaso, during a recent meeting with NNPP delegates from Kano North at his Miller Road residence, had claimed that his party would ensure the APC struggles to secure even 15,000 votes in the state in future elections, similarly to how the APC relegated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to just 15,000 votes in 2023.
