Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has condemned politicians who defect to rival parties after winning elections, labeling it the “highest form of betrayal in democracy.”
Kwankwaso made this declaration while receiving new defectors from Takai Local Government into the NNPP at his Kano residence.
His statement comes just days after key figures, including Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila and Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, left the NNPP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to Daily Post, Kwankwaso described such defections as a “political sin” that betrays voters who trusted them for change. He accused defectors of aligning with the same oppressors they once campaigned against.
“When vulnerable people vote for you, and you later join their oppressors, it is a political sin of the highest order,” he stated.
Kwankwaso also highlighted the resilience of his Kwankwasiyya movement, crediting Kano’s poor for resisting vote-buying. “Some people collected spaghetti and N2,000 to elect leaders, but in Kano, the poor stood firm,” he said.
He warned that the movement remains unshaken by betrayals, calling it a “solid wall” built on grassroots support.
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