ANAYO EZUGWU examines the disaster rocking New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State and its implication on the probabilities of Governor Abba Yusuf and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso within the 2027 elections
The disaster rocking the Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has assumed one other dimension as two members of the Home of Representatives from the state introduced their exit from the Kwankwasiyya Motion led by a former governor and NNPP chief, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Aliyu Sani Madakin Gini (Dala federal constituency) and Alhassan Rurum (Rano/Kibiya/Bunkure federal constituency) confirmed that they might not align with the motion, signaling rising discontent throughout the NNPP ranks in Kano.
Whereas Rurum, a former speaker of the Kano State Home of Meeting, didn’t present particular causes for his resolution, his exit from the Kwankwasiyya Motion is broadly linked to his latest clashes with the NNPP-led Kano State authorities, significantly the controversial dissolution of the 5 emirates councils.
The choice affected Rurum instantly as he holds the normal title of Turakin Rano throughout the nowdissolved Rano Emirate. Madakin Gini, who’s the Deputy Minority Chief of the Home of Representatives, on his half, publicly distanced himself from the motion, whereas addressing his constituents in Kano not too long ago. His phrases: “From right this moment, I, Aliyu Sani Madakin, not affiliate with the Kwankwasiyya Motion.
They’ve dismissed us, saying we lack help, however we aren’t afraid to face alone. Let or not it’s identified—there is no such thing as a one I can’t confront within the Kwankwasiyya Motion from high to backside if wanted.” Madakin Gini criticised the motion, which is popularly recognised by its red-cap image for its method to loyalty and management.
“This motion, whether it is akin to a faith, we’ve paid our dues. However they are saying we aren’t helpful, that we don’t have help. They need to perceive that there is no such thing as a one inside Kwankwasiyya that I can’t face head-on,” he stated.
In a direct message to his supporters, Madakin Gini urged them to desert the signature purple cap, calling it a logo of submission he not endorses. “To any extent further, anybody who considers me their chief in politics ought to take away the purple cap. Ladies ought to take away the purple veil. We’re completed,” he stated.
The lawmaker, who expressed concern that the governor was underneath stress throughout the motion, stated: “My message to the governor is obvious. They’re making an attempt to weaken him. I’m urging him to face agency in any other case he could also be blindsided by these round him.
I’ve perception into plans in opposition to him.” He additional dismissed the purple cap as a logo of management, arguing that it represents the Kwankwasiyya chief’s perception that every part followers obtain is solely via him. “Nobody ought to really feel obligated to put on it,” he concluded, asserting his independence from what he known as the motion’s misleading practices.
Extra defections
Aside from the 2 lawmakers, extra NNPP members of the Nationwide Meeting are additionally anticipated to publicly resign the Kwankwasiyya Motion and pledge allegiance to the brand new motion known as Tsaya da Kafarka It’s understood that out of the NNPP’s 26 members of the state Home of Meeting, solely three members representing Madobi, Nassarawa and Kiru aren’t a part of the Tsaya da Kafarka Motion.
Recall {that a} group had not too long ago begun a motion to demand the governor free himself from the management of the chief of the Kwankwasiyya Motion, who they alleged has been too concerned within the day-today operating of the federal government.
A political slogan, ‘Abba Tsaya da Kafarka which means “Abba, stand in your ft,” or extra bluntly, “Abba, half methods with Kwankwaso” is gaining prominence in Kano as calls from inside and out of doors the get together for the governor to be unbiased intensifies.
Plot in opposition to Kwankwaso
The political battle and scheming to desert Kwankwaso have been launched from a number of fronts. Whereas some political foot troopers are neck-deep in negotiation with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), others have already obtained a courtroom order to take management of the NNPP from Kwankwaso.
On November 1, an Abia State Excessive Court docket perfected one of many plans by granting an order returning the management of the get together to erstwhile chief, Boniface Aniebonam. Observers view the authorized fireworks as a plan to create faction within the get together and put together the bottom for the governor’s eventual defection to APC.
Stories have it that arrowheads of the revolt are the Secretary to the State Authorities (SSG), Baffa Bichi; the state commissioner for Transport, Mohammed Diggol; the state commissioner of Training, Umar Doguwa; the senator representing Kano South, Kawu Sumaila; the member representing Rano/Bunkure/ Kibiya Federal Constituency, Rurum; the member representing Dala Federal Constituency, Madakin Gini and a few members of the Kano Home of Meeting.
Genesis
The simmering rift between Yusuf and Kwankwaso started to manifest in March this 12 months, when the latter single-handedly appointed the caretaker native authorities chairmen, allegedly with out recourse to the governor for enter.
Piqued by Kwankwaso’s alleged interference and taunts of being a lapdog, the governor started to distance himself from the native authorities affairs in protest.
However on September 19, the governor wielded the large stick and sacked the caretaker chairmen, per week after the Kano State Home of Meeting, allegedly on Kwankwaso’s order, accepted a two month extension for them.
The frosty relationship worsened after Kwankwaso not too long ago handpicked the brand new council chairmen, their deputies, secretaries, councillors and supervisory councillors with out the governor’s enter.
There are additionally speculations that the ‘Abba Tsaya da Kafarka’ campaigners are planning to acquire an order on the courtroom to direct police to eject the elected native authorities chairmen and direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), banks and the Federal Ministry of Finance to recognise the checklist of the chairmen mirrored in Justice Simon Amobeda’s election-eve order.
If the above plan fails, the second plan is to sever the 44 native authorities councils’ umbilical cords from Miller Highway by utilizing the Supreme Court docket native authorities autonomy judgement as an excuse to abolish the workplace of the commissioner for Native Authorities and set up “Native Authorities and Chieftaincy Affairs Bureau” underneath the governor’s workplace.
Warning
Because the rift within the get together deepens, a chieftain of APC within the state, Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, suggested President Bola Tinubu in opposition to interference.
He stated: “We’re conscious of a gathering between President Tinubu and Kwankwaso. Though footage of Kwankwaso weren’t allowed to be taken, we’re suspicious of the assembly. “Kwankwaso will need to have rushed to President Tinubu in jittery of the truth that his high allies are step by step jilting him.
The President ought to know that Kwankwaso shouldn’t be trusted. The three giants, SSG Bichi, Rirum and Madakin Gini plus Senator Kawu Sumaila have been those, who in 2023, ensured the voting of the NNPP/Abba Kabir Yusuf authorities, however right this moment they’re leaving, that’s the reason Kwankwaso is extremely afraid of their actions. “Kwankwaso is aware of he’s shedding floor that’s the reason he didn’t thoughts going to the President shamelessly.
Nevertheless, we’re advising President Tinubu to be cautious of no matter he’ll inform him. The disaster in Kwankwasiyya right this moment in Kano is a battle to complete. We in APC ought to congratulate ourselves and never pity them as a result of it’s a clear victory for us within the 2027 normal election.”
Reconciliatory transfer
In the meantime, Governor Yusuf has moved to dealer peace between the state chapter of the NNPP, the Secretary to the Kano State Authorities, Dr Abdullahi Bichi, and the Commissioner for Transport, Muhammad Diggol. The governor known as for an emergency reconciliatory assembly held behind closed doorways at his workplace Monday night to place to deal with the lingering disaster rocking the construction get together.
Earlier, the state chairman of the get together, Hashimu Dungurawa, stated the 2 officers have been suspended after the get together acquired a number of complaints from the management of the get together of their respective wards and native governments. He stated the duo have been suspended as a result of they have been disrespecting the get together and its management. His phrases: “The get together can’t tolerate actions that undermine its management and construction.
After receiving formal criticism letters from their wards, and upon affirmation of the allegations by the native management, we’ve no different choice however to take this decisive step. The management of the NNPP in Kano North, underneath the chairmanship of Sulaiman Dambatta, additional verified the allegations, which led to the final word resolution to droop each officers.”
Nevertheless, the spokesperson to governor, Sanusi Bature, in a press release, disclosed that the governor had a profitable reconciliation assembly with the aggrieved get together chieftains, a growth, in response to him, has put to relaxation, the lingering disaster. “The important thing figures concerned within the reconciliation embrace the Secretary to State Authorities (SSG), Dr. Baffa Bichi and Bichi Native Authorities chairmanship aspirant, Hon. Hamza Sule Maifata,” he stated.
Addressing journalists, the SSG, Bichi, accepted the intervention of Governor Yusuf and promised to resolve his distinction with the factional group in his Bichi constituency and teams claiming to be his critics.
He subsequently dissociated himself from the (Abba Tsaya da Kafar ka group calling on the governor to half methods with Kwankwaso. His phrases: “I’ve since submitted myself and all my actions to Governor Abba Yusuf as our chief and accepted all that he needed I’m able to abide with. On the factional group they’re speaking about, I’ve nothing to do with them.
The governor has already intervened and every part is over. We’re all his loyalists and we’re able to abide by no matter he needs.” Regardless of the seeming truce, , it’s but to be seen whether or not Kwankwaso will stay within the get together or return to the APC or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) forward of the 2027 normal election on condition that NNPP can be dealing with management disaster on the nationwide degree.
Please observe and like us:
