Former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has has officially defected to the new mega party, the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), as he was formally presented his membership card in his Abuja residence by the NNPP chairman in his Kwankwaso ward of Kano state

The official presentation of the membership card, it was gathered was part of the activities lined up by the party to Herald it’s national convention, which h took place Wednesday night at the Polo ground, Gwarimpa in Abuja, where his kwankwasiya supporters emerged as leading members of the new National Working Committee (NWC) of the party

Among the major political stakeholders who joined the NNPP were former national publicity secretary of the major opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), professor Rural Alkali, former national chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), senator Rufai Hanga and many others

 Kwankwaso, who contested for the presidential ticket of the PDP  in the 2019 elections, officially dumped the party on wednesday, when he handed his resignation letter to the PDP  chairman on his ward

Speaking while receiving the membership card of his new party, Kwankaso attributed his actions to the crisis rocking the main opposition party.

He said, “We had a situation in April last year where zonal positions were being shared among the States and all leaders in the six other States were given the opportunity to nominate. But in Kano, some people felt I wasn’t that important, so they had to do what they did.

“That is what triggered the issue (defection) and I spent almost a year now waiting for the PDP to talk to me, even the new leadership, to come and talk to me; they didn’t want to talk to me.”

According to him, he felt there were irreconcilable differences between him and many other leaders of the party