Some top members of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), who are grassroots mobilisers of the Kwankwsiyya Movement, have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The first group of decampees was led by Alhaji Abdullahi Sani Kwami, a former vice chairman of Gwarzo local government area, Kano State.

Kwami, famously known as Dollar, led hundreds of NNPP leaders, including grassroots party executive members and women leaders, to the APC.

In the same vein, a group of former student leaders under the leadership of Comrade Mohammed Nafiu Danlami, dumped their red caps, the symbol of the Kwankwsiyya movement, to embrace the APC, citing the Kwankwsiyya leader's anti-masses policies and dictatorial leadership style as the reason for dumping the NNPP.

Also, yesterday, a famous youth mobiliser of the NNPP/ Kwankwsiyya in Getso, Gwarzo LGA, Abba Kafi Governor, led his followers to the APC.

They were welcomed by Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin who congratulated them for leaving a mu"shroom political party known only in a few Kano Central Senatorial District wards to the APC."

Jibrin said, "As it is now, the NNPP is fastly fading away in Kano Central, where it is only known in a few wards. The party is unknown in Kano North, and in Kano South, the key players of the party are on their way to the APC.

"Congratulations on leaving a mushroom political party for a national political party that is known globally, where your freedom is guaranteed, and you are as free as the air.

"As the decampees lamented, it is common knowledge that in NNPP, everything revolves around and is determined by one person against the democratic ethos that gives everyone the right to aspire for any position.

"For the youth leaders, I pledged to mentor them. They are this country's future. We know the importance of good mentorship in positively shaping citizens' lives.

"They are young, educated, and a great asset to our beloved country. They don't belong there. They belong here, where they have free space to be what they want to be in life.

"They have been freed and liberated from the bondage of the Mushroom political party."