The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared that his party is open to joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) but only on what he described as “strong promises.”
Kwankwaso stated this on Thursday when he received Buhari Bakwana, a former political adviser to ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, alongside APC members from the 44 local government areas of Kano State, at his Miller Road residence in Kano.
The former governor of Kano reminded his guests that he and other prominent politicians were among the founding figures of the APC in 2013, insisting that they paid a heavy price for it.
“Nobody in this country will tell me the burden we carried in creating APC. We were the first set of seven governors to declare support for the party. ICPC, EFCC, and the police were all used against me just to stop our plans,” Kwankwaso said.
He, however, argued that any discussion about a merger or return to APC must come with tangible benefits for the NNPP.
“If you are asking us to join APC, you must tell us what NNPP will gain. We have gubernatorial candidates in all the states and full structures nationwide. What will you offer them if we join?” he asked.
Kwankwaso, who also recalled his experiences in both the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accused the two dominant parties of betraying agreements in past alliances.
“Eight years of APC under the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari gave us nothing, not even appreciation. In PDP, we asked for just a zonal party chairman, but they refused. We left peacefully, and today we are strong and have integrity,” he said.
While stressing that the NNPP remained open to fresh negotiations, Kwankwaso vowed that his party would not allow itself to be exploited.
“We are ready to join APC under strong conditions and promises. We will not allow anyone to use us and later dump us,” he maintained.
The visit by Bakwana and the Kano APC members is seen as part of ongoing political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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