BREAKING: “You’re a Betrayer” – NNPP assaults Gov. Abba Yusuf, Reveals Subsequent Line of Motion

The Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria Peoples Get together (NNPP) has criticised Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf over his resignation from the social gathering, describing his exit as a betrayal of the political belief positioned in him by supporters of the Kwankwasiyya motion.

The social gathering, in a press release issued on Saturday and signed by its Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, dismissed Yusuf’s declare that the NNPP was struggling an “irredeemable disaster,” insisting the reason was an excuse supplied after he had already determined to go away.

Governor Yusuf’s resignation was introduced on Friday by his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, who mentioned the governor had formally communicated his withdrawal in a letter addressed to the NNPP chairperson of Diso-Chiranchi Ward, in Gwale Native Authorities Space.

Bature mentioned the governor’s resignation takes impact from 23 January 2026, including that Yusuf is anticipated to affix the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“I write with a deep sense of gratitude to formally notify the management of the New Nigeria Folks’s Get together (NNPP) of my resolution to resign my membership of the social gathering, with impact from Friday, twenty third January 2026,” the assertion quoted Yusuf as saying.

Reacting to the event, the NNPP mentioned it acquired Governor Yusuf’s resignation with “profound anguish,” warning that his exit may drag Kano again to political pursuits the social gathering claimed had persistently labored towards the state’s progress over time.

The social gathering argued that Yusuf’s emergence as governor was largely constructed on his years of loyalty to the Kwankwasiyya motion, stressing that leaving the NNPP at this level amounted to turning his again on the identical construction and supporters who stood by him on the polls. “We deeply remorse that Governor Abba has now chosen to betray that sacred belief,” the social gathering said.

NNPP additionally rejected Yusuf’s declare that the social gathering was going through an irredeemable inside disaster, describing the narrative as an excuse raised after the choice to go away had already been made. The social gathering mentioned its current actions clearly confirmed an organisation that remained purposeful and correctly coordinated.

The NNPP insisted it had remained secure and operational, pointing to current inside and electoral milestones as proof that the social gathering was not in any type of collapse, opposite to Governor Yusuf’s claims.

In keeping with the social gathering, its management constructions had just lately been renewed by means of congresses held throughout the nation, starting from the ward degree and culminating in a nationwide conference held on December 20, 2025. It famous that Governor Yusuf was current on the occasion, including that all the course of was monitored by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) — a improvement the social gathering mentioned affirmed the credibility and legitimacy of its inside organisation.

The NNPP additionally drew consideration to its exhibiting on the polls in Kano, citing its victories in two supplementary elections in Bagwai/Shanono and Ghari/Tsanyawa constituencies, performed in August 2025. The social gathering argued that these wins undermined any suggestion that it was scuffling with an irredeemable disaster or dropping political footing within the state.

“The assertion he fabricated from an irredeemable disaster within the social gathering is subsequently baseless and an afterthought,” the social gathering declared.

Past the instant political fallout, the NNPP linked Yusuf’s transfer to a well-known sample in Kano politics, recalling how former governor Abubakar Rimi defected within the early Eighties from the Folks’s Redemption Get together (PRP) to the Nigerian Folks’s Get together (NPP), taking with him a large community of elected officers.

The social gathering mentioned the folks of Kano finally rejected that wave of defection, noting that Rimi misplaced the 1983 governorship election to Mallam Aliyu Sabo Bakin Zuwo, whereas the majority of lawmakers who adopted him reportedly didn’t safe re-election.

The social gathering insisted that Kano’s citizens had traditionally proven it doesn’t reward what it referred to as deceit and political disloyalty.

“Historical past has persistently proven that those that commerce loyalty for expediency, and honour for deceit, not often escape the judgment of the folks,” the social gathering mentioned.