The lawmaker representing Rano/Kibiya/Bunkure Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Rurum, has distanced himself from Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Occasion, aligning as a substitute with the camp led by the celebration’s founder, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam.
Rurum, a former Speaker of the Kano State Home of Meeting, declared on Sunday that he acknowledged the NNPP below Dr. Aniebonam—symbolized by a fruit emblem—because the genuine one, dismissing Kwankwaso’s faction, which operates below a e-book emblem.
He additionally urged Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to train his authority independently and chorus from taking directions from Kwankwaso.
“My loyalty stays with Governor Yusuf,” Rurum said, assuring Kano residents and his constituents that the governor is able to taking the suitable steps for the state.
In response to questions on a possible defection, Rurum asserted that he stays a loyal member of the NNPP below Boniface’s management, whereas condemning Kwankwaso for allegedly hijacking the celebration for private acquire.
“Dr. Boniface offered Kwankwaso with a platform, and it’s mistaken to take the celebration from him and deal with him poorly,” he mentioned.
Following this announcement, the member representing Dala Federal Constituency additionally left the Kwankwasiyya motion, urging his supporters to desert the crimson cap—the emblematic image of Kwankwasiyya’s ideology.
This shift comes within the wake of a current order by the Uzuakoli Division of the Excessive Court docket in Abia State, led by Justice C.U. Okoroafor.
The court docket, on November 1, 2024, mandated that the NNPP be instantly positioned below the management of its Board of Trustees, chaired by Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, the celebration’s founder.
This order adopted a swimsuit filed by three NNPP members in Abia searching for decision to the celebration’s management disaster.