The leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has claimed the governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will regret their decision leaving the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

Kwankwaso stated this during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday.

He described the governor’s defection as shocking and difficult to comprehend.

According to the former Kano State governor, the circumstances surrounding Yusuf’s exit from the NNPP appeared unreal and confusing, even to him.

“Many people have come to me saying they believe what happened was part of an arrangement—either between me and him or between me and those around him. Even I, on several occasions, find it hard to believe that events have unfolded the way they did,” Kwankwaso said.

He expressed confidence that time would reveal the consequences of the decision, insisting that Governor Yusuf and those who followed him would come to regret abandoning the NNPP.

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, January 26, 2026, after announcing his resignation from the NNPP on Friday, January 23.