By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Bashir Bello
ABUJA — Barring additional postponements, Governor Abba Yusuf will defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, as we speak, Kano State Chairman of the celebration, Abdullahi Abbas, has stated.
Sources advised Vanguard that the defection transfer was one of many causes President Bola Tinubu met behind closed-doors with the Kano State governor, yesterday.
Yusuf’s anticipated defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Celebration, NNPP, had triggered APC leaders to delay membership e-registration in Kano, because the train began two weeks in the past in lots of states and would finish in two weeks time.
Concerning Yusuf’s defection to the APC, Abbas stated: “Be on standby, we might name on you (journalists) Tuesday(as we speak) relying on the arrival of the celebration chief, Ganduje and the governor in Kano, so you can begin the work. But it surely is not going to exceed Wednesday.”
Kano APC chairman disclosed this whereas addressing about 1,500 advert hoc workers engaged by the celebration to conduct the e-registration within the state.
Parley with Tinubu
Governor Yusuf arrived on the Villa at about 4:10 pm, wearing a white agbada and a pink cap.
The assembly is approaching the heels of the heightened hypothesis over Yusuf’s deliberate defection from the NNPP to the ruling APC, a transfer that has been postponed a number of occasions since early January.
The governor’s go to to the Villa is his first recognized viewers with President Tinubu since getting back from Abu Dhabi, the place the President attended the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
The governor can also be reportedly searching for the correct to appoint a minister to characterize Kano State within the Federal Government Council, FEC, and the authority to switch Kano-based federal appointees along with his loyalists.
Based on experiences, Yusuf’s calls for have positioned him on a collision course with highly effective figures inside the APC, together with Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, who’s believed to be harbouring 2027 governorship ambition.
The defection hypothesis has additionally reportedly deepened political rigidity inside Kano State, triggering strains between supporters of Governor Yusuf and loyalists of his political mentor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a key determine within the NNPP.
Makes an attempt made to know the agenda of the assembly between the President and Governor Yusuf was futile, as he declined to speak to journalists after the parley.
Yusuf might register for a celebration membership card tomorrow
Insisting that Yusuf may register and acquire the APC membership card between as we speak and tomorrow, the celebration chairman stated APC determined to delay the graduation of the e-registration till the APC chief within the state, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje and the governor arrive within the state both tomorrow, Tuesday or Wednesday after assembly with President Tinubu in Abuja.
Abbas, who stated the celebration was focusing on to surpass any state, together with Lagos, nonetheless, known as on the ad-hoc workers engaged for the train to register anybody who indicated curiosity within the celebration’s membership card and to not segregate.
He additionally stated there can be a reward system by the celebration for native authorities areas and wards which mobilised and received the very best variety of members in the course of the train.
“At this time is a vital day for us. We start the coaching of those that would perform the APC e-registration.
‘’It’s crucial as a result of when you don’t do the registration, you aren’t an eligible member. With out it, you’ll be able to’t vote, and also you can’t be voted for. Due to the significance of the method, that’s the reason these being educated are additionally vital. It’s crucial so that you can discharge your duty with worry of God and due diligence.
“We’re left behind. The train is being carried out nationwide. In Kano we’re left behind. The method began about two weeks in the past. Due to the political improvement within the state we couldn’t begin the method till now.
‘’All people is conscious of the information of the Governor’s defection and we felt it’s not well mannered to hurriedly begin the method with out giving them the chance to affix the celebration.
“APC is a democratic celebration for all– these occupying positions and the lots. The celebration wants everyone – each young and old to come back on board. Regardless that persons are struggling, earlier than the election, the nation might be higher by God’s grace,’’ he stated.
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