{"id":161880,"date":"2025-05-10T12:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/worst-political-sin-betrayed-us-kwankwaso-attacks-nnpp-members-who-defected-to-apc"},"modified":"2025-05-10T13:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:18:22","slug":"worst-political-sin-betrayed-us-kwankwaso-attacks-nnpp-members-who-defected-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/worst-political-sin-betrayed-us-kwankwaso-attacks-nnpp-members-who-defected-to-apc","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Worst political sin, betrayed US\u2019 \u2013 Kwankwaso attacks NNPP members who defected to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has accused members of the party who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, of committing the worst \u201cworst political sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was as Kwankwaso described their decision to defect to the APC as betrayal of the Kwankwasiyya movement.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on Friday in Kano State while receiving his supporters from Takai Local Government who refused join the APC.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Kano South Senator, Abdulrahman Kawu, recently defected to the APC along with some federal lawmakers from Kano State.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kwankwaso accused the defectors of opting to join a party that doesn\u2019t care for the masses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut those who won the election among us decided to abandon the masses and join those who do not have the masses at heart but are only after what they will get for themselves and their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no worse political sin than leaving the party that gave you the opportunity and support but later you abandoned the party. This is the highest level of betrayal,\u201d Kwankwaso said.<\/p>\n<p>The former Kano State governor charged youths in the state to be wary of such politicians who are not after their well-being but rather they are after their pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Kwankwaso declared that nobody can successfully fight the Kwankwasiyya movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFighting Kwankwasiyya is not an easy task, they will not know until when they engage in the fight,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has accused members of the party who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, of committing the worst \u201cworst political sin.\u201d This was as Kwankwaso described their decision to defect to the APC as betrayal of the Kwankwasiyya movement. 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