Kwankwaso Sets Conditions for NNPP’s Return to APC

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 rejoining the All Progressives Congress (APC), but only under what he described as “strong promises and concrete conditions.”

Kwankwaso made the remarks while hosting Buhari Bakwana, a former political adviser to ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, along with APC members from the 44 local government areas of Kano State, at his Miller Road residence in Kano.

He reminded his visitors that he and other political heavyweights were instrumental in the formation of APC in 2013, a move that, according to him, came with intense political persecution.

“Nobody in the country will tell me the burden we took in creating APC. We were the ones who led the creation of the party, and we were the first set of seven governors to declare support for it. ICPC, EFCC, and the police were all used against me then, just to stop our plans,” he recalled.

The former Kano governor stressed that any talk of merger or alliance must guarantee clear benefits for NNPP and its members.

“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 also accused both APC and PDP of failing to honour past agreements, citing betrayal and neglect.

“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 added.

Despite these grievances, the NNPP leader affirmed that his party is open to dialogue but will not tolerate being used for political convenience.

“We are ready to join APC under strong conditions and promises. We will not allow anyone to use us and later dump us,” he declared.