Hundreds of supporters of the Senator representing Kano South, Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila, have deserted the Senator who penultimate last week decamped to APC. They insist that he was alone in his actions as they remained loyal to Kwankwaso.
The Senator Kawu Sumaila supporters who trooped to Miller Road, Kwankwaso Country Home, declined to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and decided to stay in the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, saying, “we are not yes sir boys.”
Senator Sumaila had recently defected from the NNPP to the APC, citing internal crisis which he said is bedeviling the NNPP.
The defectors, who were led by Honorable Muntari Ibrahim Faruruwa among others, came from Takai Local Government Area and some parts of Sumaila Local Government Area. They were formally launched back into the Kwankwasiyya political movement, led by Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
“Our great leader, we are here to inform you that we have refused to join the APC alongside the Senator representing our zone. Instead, we prefer to come back home. So, we are back.
“We thought it wise to return home so as to continue to propagate the ideals of the Kwankwasiyya movement and the NNPP, as well as contribute our quota to the development of our dear state.
“We hope that we will be accepted back and reintegrated into the Kwankwasiyya movement and the NNPP to enable us to enjoy the same rights and privileges as other members,” the group said.
Receiving the returnees, Sen Kwankwaso welcomed them and congratulated them for seeing the light and returning to the Kwankwasiyya movement and the NNPP.
He said the Kwankwasiyya movement is about empowering people, especially youths and women, through education and other means to enable them become self-reliant so as to develop themselves and the society.
“On behalf of myself, His Excellency the Governor of Kano State and the State Government, the NNPP and the Kwankwasiyya movement, I congratulate you for taking this all-important decision.
“I pray that all other members of this movement who had left us will return home so as to continue to contribute their quota to the progress and development of Kwankwasiyya and Kano State,” Kwankwaso said.
In his remarks, Senator Rufa’i Sani Hanga (NNPP Kano Central), described Kwankwaso as a progressive leader who has always championed the upliftment of ordinary people.
Hanga said the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement demonstrated these qualities during his two tenures as the Governor of Kano State, when he developed the state, especially in the provision of infrastructure in such areas as education, health, agriculture, and roads.
He congratulated the former Senator Sumaila supporters for taking the wise decision to return to the Kwankwasiyya movement and the NNPP fold and wished them a successful stay in the system.
