‘We Never Expected This Kind Of Betrayal, Gov. Yusuf Will Regret His Decision’ – Kwankwaso Blows Hot

The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared that Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, will regret his decision to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Abia Radio News reports that Kwankwaso, during an interview with BBC Hausa, said Yusuf will not be re-elected in 2027.

According to Kwankwaso, the party never expected such betrayal from Governor Yusuf.

The former Governor of Kano State added that Yusuf lost his re-election bid the moment former APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, raised his hand.

He said, “We never expected this kind of betrayal from Governor Abba. He will regret his decision.

“The moment Ganjude raises his hand, he has already lost the election. Let him first say we didn’t allow him to govern, we will give him an answer”.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Arise News on Tuesday, the Secretary of the NNPP Board of Trustees, Buba Galadima, said Yusuf’s alignment with former Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, a long‑time rival of NNPP leader Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, amounted to a betrayal of the political movement that delivered him power.

Galadima said when asked whether the defection served Kano, “His own personal interest, personal, personal, personal.

“Not Kano people. Not peace in Kano. He wanted us to swallow it, but we can neither take any of the above.”

He argued that the decision would have been perceived differently had Yusuf defected to a party other than the APC.