The National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), and former Governor of Kano State Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Thursday, 28 August , 2025 denied rumours making the rounds that he leaving the party to join another political party.
Kwankwaso stated this at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, 28 August, 2025.
While acknowledging that the NNPP was performing well in Kano and other states, Kwankwaso said, “we are very happy about that.”
He said he was happy that many people attended the meeting to hear from him following recent fake news reports that he would be making a critical decision about his future with the NNPP.
“But let me take this opportunity to tell you that we have our party, and we are comfortable. We are happy. We are ready to do whatever it takes because we are not in a hurry,” he said.
Acording to Kwankwaso, any negotiation regarding 2027 general election would be a collective decision, as he believed in party supremacy.
“If there will be any negotiation, it will be collective. It will not be only for the negotiators but for the entire members of this NNPP family.
“The fact remains that there is nobody in Kwankwasia today that I know, or even in NNPP, who is saying that, ‘yes, I want to go,” he said.
He advised party members not to be swayed by the hype of politicians defecting to any party.
“Those people don’t understand, and they don’t have much experience. They believe that they know when they actually don’t know.
“Even if they are interested in knowing, I think they should come and ask one of us,” he said.
