The member representing the Rano/Kibiya/Bunkure Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, has dumped Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) faction and declared support for the camp led by Dr. Boniface Aniebonam.
Rurum, who is the former Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, stated that the NNPP with the logo of Fruits under Dr. Boniface remains the authentic one and not the one with the Book, which Kwankwaso is leading.
He also called on Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to affirm his authority in the affairs of the state and to stop receiving instructions from Kwankwaso.
In a chat with this newsmen on Sunday evening, Rurum affirmed his loyalty to the governor and assured the people of Kano and his constituents that the governor will do the needful. When asked whether he will leave the party, he responded that he is still in the NNPP under its founder, Dr. Boniface, and condemned Senator Kwankwaso for allegedly hijacking the party for selfish interests.
“Dr. Boniface supported Kwankwaso and gave him a platform; it will be wrong to hijack the party from him and treat him badly,” he said.
This comes amid the decision of the member representing Dala Federal Constituency to leave the Kwankwasiyya movement and direct all his supporters to remove the red cap, which is an ordinary symbol of the Kwankwasiyya political ideology.
It was reported that the Uzuakoli Division of the High Court in Abia State, presided over by Hon. Justice C.U. Okoroafor, issued an order on November 1, 2024, mandating the immediate takeover of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) by its Board of Trustees (BOT), led by the party’s founder, Dr. Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam.
The ruling stemmed from a motion on notice with suit No: HUZ/11/2024, filed by three NNPP members in Abia State seeking resolution to the party’s ongoing leadership crisis.
Exclusive sources indicate that some members of the House of Representatives and State House of Assembly under the NNPP are putting pressure on the governor to abandon Senator Kwankwaso in the interest of the state.
