The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has described the ruling New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State as a “mushroom political party fading fast”.
Barau spoke while receiving key grassroots mobilisers of the party, including members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Announcing the defections on his verified X account, Senator Jibrin stated that the NNPP’s influence was waning in Kano State, particularly in Kano Central senatorial district, while Kano North and South Districts had already seen key political players abandoning the party.
According to him, members of the three major blocs in NNPP havs joined the APC. The first was led by Alhaji Abdullahi Sani Kwami, a former vice chairman of Gwarzo Local Government Area, who led hundreds of grassroots party executives and women leaders to the APC at the office of the Deputy Senate President at the National Assembly.
“In the same vein, a group of former student leaders under the leadership of Comrade Mohammed Nafiu Danlami, dumped their red caps, the symbol of the Kwankwasiyya movement, to embrace the APC, citing the Kwankwasiyya leader’s anti-masses policies and dictatorial leadership style as the reason for dumping the NNPP.”
“Also, yesterday, a famous youth mobiliser of the NNPP/Kwankwasiyya in Getso, Gwarzo LGA, Abba Kafi Governor, led his followers to the APC, saying my pro-people interventions and projects attracted them,” he wrote
Welcoming the defectors, Senator Barau praised their decision, declaring that the NNPP was losing relevance and that the APC provided a better political platform.
“As it is now, the NNPP is fast fading away in Kano Central, where it is only known in a few wards. The party is unknown in Kano North, and in Kano South, the key players of the party are on their way to the APC. Congratulations on leaving a mushroom political party for a national political party that is known globally, where your freedom is guaranteed, and you are as free as the air,” he added.
He also criticised the NNPP’s leadership structure, stating “As the decampees lamented, it is common knowledge that in NNPP, everything revolves around and is determined by one person against the democratic ethos that gives everyone the right to aspire for any position.”
The Deputy Senate President also pledged to serve as a mentor to the defectors. “For the youth leaders, I pledged to mentor them. They are this country’s future. We know the importance of good mentorship in positively shaping citizens’ lives. They are young, educated, and a great asset to our beloved country. They don’t belong there. They belong here, where they have free space to be what they want to be in life. They have been freed and liberated from the bondage of the Mushroom political party.”
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