Former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has reacted to the proposed bill in the US Congress, which seeks to impose sanctions on him over allegations of severe religious freedom violations
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime
Time’ on Monday, Kwankwaso said it was the handiwork of an indigenous enemy.
Recall that the United States lawmakers initiated a new bill
aimed at increasing accountability for human rights abuses in Nigeria.
The legislation, Nigeria Religious Freedom and
Accountability Act of 2026, contains provision for potential sanctions against
Fulani militias and Kwankwaso.
Reacting, the former Kano State governor said, “My name was
submitted by our enemies here in this country to the US Congress.
“I can tell you the irony of the whole thing. When Sharia
came from Zamfara in the year 2000, I really wanted to study, and even as a
Muslim to understand it.
“Some people were too much in a hurry. They wouldn’t wait,
and they believe that I was not keen, and somebody wrote a private bill to the
State Assembly. Before you know it, they follow the due process and submitted
it for signing.
“We studied it, and we realized that it was very important.
And we have not seen anything there that actually should stop us. And in any
case, even if I didn’t sign, the implication is, within no time, it will become
law if I don’t sign.
“So while people were angry at that time with me that I
wasn’t enthusiastic, I didn’t submit the bill and so on and so forth, now, fast
forwarded to 2026, somebody is blaming me for Sharia in Kano.”
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