By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The speculated defection of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, would be precedent upon some conditions which must be met, the party leadership has insisted.
At a media briefing on Friday April 18, 2025 at the APC Kano State chapter Secretariat, its Chairman, Prince Abdullahi Abbas, emphasized that Kwankawanso must of necessity, publicly apologize for his several past insults and disparaging of the APC, its chieftains, particularly the President and his Vice.
The Source reports that the National Chairman of the APC Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, had, during a meeting with some NNPP Federal Lawmakers from Kano in Abuja earlier in the week, hinted on the possible return of the leader of the Kwankwassiya political movement to the party.
However, Abbas, while noting that the doors of APC is wide open for anybody, including Kwankwaso to join, insisted that the NNPP Presidential Candidate must not seek entry under the canopy of his kwankwassiya movement, or any other cult-like association.
“For the avoidance of doubt, let me emphasize that the APC, as a political party does not, and will not encourage or promote the existence of cult-like associations in the name of political activities or groupings.
“We are also aware that some politicians are trying to run away from accounting for their corrupt misdeeds both in Government and party administration ,and seeking refuge in the APC so as to escape from the fangs of anti-corruption agencies like the EFCC and ICPC .
“However, joining APC as a political party is not a panacea to escaping from their past sins”, Abbas stated.
Further speaking ,the APC chairman maintained that as a veritable precondition to accessing the party, all those who had, at one point or the other, disparaged the party and its leaders must first tender unreserved apologies.
“Without prejudice to our desire to welcome new members and in respect of the constitutional rights of citizens to belong to political parties of their choice, we wish to state our position as a State Chapter of our great party in Kano State.
“We unequivocally call on all those prospective decampees who had earlier made derogatory remarks against our leaders, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his Vice, Senator Kashim Shetima, to offer a public apology as a sign of remorse and respect for future relationships”, the Kano APC chairman noted .
According to him, the leadership of the party has issued guidelines to Ward Executives on the modalities to adopt in registering new entrants into the party.
Prince Abbas explained that the guidelines will religiously apply in the acceptance of new members irrespective of the status of those concerned.
“We have already directed our ward chapters to open registers for prospective members irrespective of their political and social status, in line with our party’s constitution.
“We advise all those desirous of joining our esteemed party to go to their respective wards and register.
“For the purpose of seeking any future party or elective position, any old or new member shall be free to exercise his/her constitutional rights of voting and being voted for without any special preference”, Abbas said .
The State Chairman insisted that the party will not, for any reasons, compromise its cherished values on the alter of political expediency.
The APC, according to Abbas, remains the only attenuating platform for the fast fading political career of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.
He stated that the former Governor of Kano State has squandered and abused his relationships with other political groupings in the country ,owing to his arrogant and domineering disposition.
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