By Our Reporter The Kwankwasiyya Movement has accused Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Director General of Media and Publicity to the...
By Our Reporter
The Kwankwasiyya Movement has accused Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Director General of Media and Publicity to the Kano State Government, of making “reckless, contradictory and politically desperate” comments during a recent appearance on Arise TV.
In a press statement signed by its spokesperson, Dr. Habibu Sale Mohammed, the movement said Bature’s remarks were an attempt to mislead the public and distort political realities in Kano and Nigeria ahead of 2027.
The group said it was “shocking and embarrassing” that a government spokesperson would use national television to promote “rumours, assumptions and fabricated political gossip as official communication.”
“One moment, he claims Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is working for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; the next moment, he says Kwankwaso has thrown the opposition into disarray. These contradictions clearly expose the confusion within their camp,” the statement read.
The movement questioned why the government would focus daily on Kwankwaso’s movements if, as it claimed, he was politically irrelevant.
“The truth is simple: the growing acceptance of the Kwankwasiyya Movement across Nigeria has unsettled many political actors who now see Sen. Kwankwaso as one of the most strategic and influential political leaders in the country today,” it said.
The statement also challenged Bature’s standing to speak on Kwankwasiyya affairs, noting that he was never an official spokesperson for the New Nigeria Peoples Party or the Kwankwasiyya Movement.
“He merely served as media aide and spokesperson to Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf during his political journey in both the People's Democratic Party and later the NNPP. Therefore, it is dishonest and misleading for him to present himself as someone with knowledge of internal consultations, strategic discussions or high-level political negotiations involving Sen. Kwankwaso and the Kwankwasiyya leadership,” the group said.
It recalled that a similar narrative had earlier circulated using the name of Ibrahim Shekarau, who later publicly denied any involvement.
The Kwankwasiyya Movement further condemned Bature’s attempt to link Peter Obi to “divisive ethnic and regional narratives,” describing it as “irresponsible, dangerous and unacceptable in a modern democracy.”
“Nigeria has gone beyond the politics of hate, intolerance and manufactured fear. Any attempt to label political cooperation between patriotic Nigerians from different regions as ‘pro-Biafra’ is irresponsible,” the statement said.
The group rejected what it called a “childish attempt to create imaginary hostility” between Kwankwaso and Obi, saying mature democracies thrive on dialogue and cooperation.
On the crowd that welcomed Sen. Kwankwaso in Kano, the movement said “Nigerians do not need propaganda to confirm political realities.”
“The overwhelming public support witnessed in Kano was visible to the entire world. No amount of media distortion can erase what millions watched physically and across multiple media platforms,” it stated.
It also dismissed claims that Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf approached President Tinubu for defection with Kwankwaso’s consent, calling it contradictory and evidence of “internal contradictions and growing mistrust within their own ranks.”
“The people of Kano are politically sophisticated and cannot be deceived by desperate narratives designed to create division within the Kwankwasiyya family,” the statement added.
The Kwankwasiyya Movement said it remains “focused, united and committed to the struggle for a better Kano and a better Nigeria,” and advised Bature and others to “focus more on governance and less on attacking perceived political opponents on television.”
“History has consistently shown that no amount of propaganda can defeat a movement genuinely rooted in the people,” the statement concluded.
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