Kwankwaso’s Ally, Babangida Defects To APC

A Kano State lawmaker, Yusuf Babangida, has reportedly dumped the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP).

Naija News understands that Babangida was an ally of NNPP presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

Babangida, who is a lawmaker representing Gwale Local Government in the Kano State House of Assembly, confirmed his withdrawal from the party in a letter addressed to the NNPP party chairman in his ward.

The politician also noted that he has now joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

The letter dated Saturday, January 7, 2023, read: “My decision to leave the party was motivated by the NNPP’s flagrant contempt for internal democracy.

“The supremacy of individual whims and belligerence over and above stakeholders consensus.

“An undue promotion of personal and familial relationship over and above value generation and inadequacy of political playing turf for upward progressive and many other reasons related to incoherence in pursuit of illogical aspiration,” the lawmaker stated.

According to Babaginda, by allowing such injustice to prevail within the party, the NNPP offered him no choice but to abandon the party and continue his political journey elsewhere.

2023: Some People Working For APC In The Day And PDP At Night – Akpabio

Meanwhile, former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, has alleged that some stakeholders of the APC in Akwa Ibom are working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Governor said such persons are rushing to claim the ruling party’s success in Abuja, whereas they are not truly working for its success, Naija News reports.

Akpabio said the leaders shout Tinubu in the day and Atiku at night. The former governor said he knows one of them who has publicly endorsed the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and a PDP senatorial candidate but would rush to Uyo to claim chairman of the party.

He further that someone in APC has taken steps to destabilize the party for the benefit of the PDP.

Akpabio said the person had instituted seven cases in court against his party’s governorship candidate, Akanimo Udofia.

He revealed this in a statement released through his Chief Press Secretary, Jackson Udom.

The statement reads, “I have heard of several other groups being set up within the party by other party leaders. I am not against it, so long as they are being set up in support of the party and our Presidential candidate. I will personally support and attend their meetings anytime I am around in the State.

“I will not support a situation where some leaders of the party in the State would be shouting Asiwaju in the day and PDP (Atiku) in the night.

“I am very much aware of a particular person in our party, who has publicly endorsed the governorship candidate of the PDP and its Senatorial candidate but would rush down to Uyo to say I am the chairman of the rally for Tinubu. Which Tinubu are you talking about?”.