The Moral Bankruptcy at the Heart of Kwankwaso’s Political Career. By: Hamza Abdulkarim
A man can inspire genuine loyalty and still betray it with a consistency that reveals the true hierarchy of his values.
A man can inspire genuine loyalty and still betray it with a consistency that reveals the true hierarchy of his values.
Twenty-six years later, as Kano counts the true cost of the faith it placed in that voice, the accounting makes for uncomfortable reading. It is not the reading of a man who failed Kano all at once, in some single spectacular collapse of integrity.
However, the true strength of any political movement is not only measured by its unity, but also by how it responds to moments of internal divergence.
There is also a deeper layer to this. The 2023 election did not just produce winners and losers it revealed the consequences of fragmentation.
There are conversations people have quietly, and there are conversations they avoid publicly. This is one of them
Had such decisions been delayed until now after structures have been firmly set and alignments already taking shape the room for maneuver would have been tighter, the risks higher, and the consequences potentially heavier for governance and stability.
When Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and his faction joined the NNPP in 2022, it was under a mutual understanding formalized or not that respected the party’s foundational leadership.
Another lesson from Kano’s experience is the challenge it poses to the long-standing belief in the dominance of “federal might.”
A nation in crisis rarely finds solutions through isolated movements alone.
By Editor There are moments in the life of a society when leadership is not merely measured by political authority, but by the spirit behind the decisions that shape the…