NNPP Calls Governor Yusuf a ‘Betrayer of Sacred Trust’ Following Resignation

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has slammed Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf following his resignation from the party, describing the move as a “cold betrayal of a sacred trust.”

In a statement on Saturday, signed by NNPP National Publicity Secretary Ladipo Johnson, the party dismissed Yusuf’s claim of an “irredeemable crisis” within the party as baseless and an afterthought.

Governor Yusuf officially resigned from the NNPP on Friday and is expected to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). His spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, confirmed that the governor sent a letter to the NNPP chairperson of Diso-Chiranchi Ward, Gwale Local Government Area, formally notifying the party of his decision, effective January 23, 2026.

“I write with a deep sense of gratitude to formally notify the leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) of my decision to resign my membership of the party, with effect from Friday, 23rd January 2026,” Bature quoted Yusuf as saying.

The NNPP statement read in part:

“It is with profound anguish and deep disappointment that we received the news of the resignation and defection of His Excellency, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

“We deeply regret that Governor Abba, a man entrusted by the people of Kano State on the strength of his decades of unwavering loyalty and dedicated service to the Kwankwasiyya Movement, has now chosen to betray that sacred trust. By this action, he risks returning the state to the very forces that have long opposed its progress and the aspirations of its people.

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“The assertion he made of an irredeemable crisis in the party is therefore baseless and an afterthought.”

The party highlighted Yusuf’s involvement in recent NNPP congresses, including the national convention on December 20, 2025, and cited recent electoral successes in Bagwai/Shanono and Ghari/Tsanyawa constituencies as evidence that the party remained strong.

The statement also referenced historical political defections in Kano, warning that “those who trade loyalty for expediency, and honour for deceit, rarely escape the judgment of the people.”

NNPP urged the 1,019,602 voters who elected Yusuf, as well as the people of Kano State, to remain calm and patient despite the defection.

“History has consistently shown that the loyalty of Kano’s masses to principled leadership will ultimately prevail,” the party concluded.

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