The people of Kano State have a saying in Hausa language: “Siyasar Kano sai Kano,” which loosely translated means: “Kano politics should be left to Kano people.” That saying acknowledges ‘the uniqueness and complications of the politics of the state which has now been demonstrated by the unfolding NNPP phenomenon.
People outside the state may find it hard to understand how the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has, within three months, upstaged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the main opposition party in the state. But for Kano residents, it is par for the course.
The rank of the NNPP in the state has continued to swell as aggrieved politicians defect from both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the PDP. The ‘founder’ of the party, Boniface Aniebonam, described the development in Kano as divine intervention, saying the NNPP ”is gradually becoming a movement..”
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