All is now set in Kano State for the formal reception of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf into the All Progressives Congress (APC), signalling a decisive shift within the state’s political panorama.
The occasion, scheduled to happen on the Authorities Home, will mark the governor’s official alignment with the ruling social gathering following his resignation from the New Nigeria Peoples Celebration (NNPP), ending months of hypothesis over his political future.
Coronation corridor venue of the ceremony is on the time of submitting this report full to capability, with supporters drawn from the 44 Native Authorities Areas of the state, and different loyalists of the governor.
Including weight to the second is the return of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, former APC nationwide chairman and instant previous Kano State governor, who’s billed to play a central function within the reception.
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Ganduje arrived Nigeria from London early Monday after attending his daughter Fatima’s commencement at King’s Faculty and is anticipated in Kano to guide what social gathering insiders describe as a wave of defections by Kwankwasiyya loyalists into the APC.
The Governor is anticipated to formally unveil the APC broom image on the Authorities Home earlier than continuing to the Coronation Corridor, additionally throughout the Authorities Home advanced, the place he’ll inaugurate the social gathering’s digital membership registration train.
The transfer is seen as a strategic step to consolidate the APC’s construction and broaden its grassroots base forward of future elections.
In a press release, Garba Muhammad, the chief of employees to the previous APC Nationwide Chairman, confirmed Ganduje’s arrival within the nation, noting that he landed in Abuja at about 5:30 a.m. aboard a British Airways flight and would proceed to Kano for a collection of high-profile political engagements linked to the realignment.
Political observers say the formal reception of Governor Yusuf into the APC might redraw alliances in Kano politics, probably reshaping energy dynamics within the state and strengthening the ruling social gathering’s affect within the North-West.
