Ganduje: It’ll be relief for us if Kwankwaso joins APC, says NNPP

The New Nigeria Peoples Party says it would be a huge relief for the NNPP members if the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, joins the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The NNPP National Secretary, Oginni Olaposi, said this in a statement on Sunday, June 29, 2025.

Olaposi was reacting to the resignation of Abdullahi Ganduje as the APC National Chairman and speculations that he quit the ruling party over an alleged move by Kwankwaso to join them.

Ganduje resigned from his chairmanship position of the APC on Friday, citing health issues.

Olaposi stated that though the resignation is an APC internal affair, the NNPP decided to react because of the issues between the party and Kwankwaso.

Olaposi said: “Kwankwaso still insists he is a member of our party even after his expulsion for alleged anti-party activities.

“Kwankwaso did not only try to hijack the NNPP but made the party go through avoidable litigations.

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“The NNPP logo that he changed to the Kwankwasiya Movement Logo has just been changed to our logo by INEC, after years of controversy and litigations.

“We have reasons to doubt the ongoing propaganda that Ganduje left APC to enable an alleged negotiated arrangement with Kwankwaso ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

“It is on record that Ganduje once said that APC is always ready to pardon and accommodate defectors, even those who left its fold.”

Olaposi noted that the NNPP would be elated if any proposed deal between the APC and Kwankwaso became a reality, saying the ruling party is in a better position to handle the former Kano State Governor’s baggage.

The NNPP chieftain added: “We find it difficult to believe that Kwankwaso, who is still struggling to hijack the NNPP, is also negotiating to join the ruling party.

“Kwankwaso betrayed our trust in him by trying to hijack the party from its founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, who facilitated his free ticket for the 2023 presidential election.”

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