Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, has disclosed why he switched from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Kankwaso, a presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, officially abandoned the PDP on Wednesday, according to NEWS DIRECT.
The former governor, who obtained his NNPP membership card from his Abuja ward chairman, urged other well-meaning Nigerians to join his new party in order to bring about the transformation that the country so desperately needs.
Kwankaso, speaking while receiving his new party’s membership card, blamed his actions on the main opposition party’s crisis.
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.
