iDeemlawfulSpeculation has continued to build over the possible defection of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The development followed open declarations by some of his aides and local government party leaders in support of the APC.
The situation has generated intense debate within Kano’s political environment, especially over whether such a decision would receive the backing of Yusuf’s political mentor and leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
While Governor Yusuf has yet to issue an official response, a video that went viral on Sunday showed the Governor’s Director of Protocol, Abdullahi Ibrahim Rogo, announcing that political stakeholders in Rogo Local Government Area had agreed to move with the governor to the APC.
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Rogo, who appeared alongside party leaders from the area, said influential figures within the Kwankwasiyya movement in the local government had resolved that both Kwankwaso and Yusuf should defect to the APC in the interest of the people.
“We at Rogo Local Government, under the leadership of Speaker Jibrin Ismail Falgore, myself, the council chairman, caucus leaders, elders, women and youth leaders, have resolved that Kwankwaso is our leader, and that he and Governor Yusuf should take us to APC,” he said.
He explained that the decision was taken in the collective interest of the people, the nation and Kwankwaso’s political future, adding that stakeholders had also agreed to move away from abusive political practices.
Rogo emphasised that despite their continued loyalty to the Kwankwasiyya ideology, joining the APC was, in their assessment, the most suitable option at this time.
In a similar development, the Director-General, Media and Publicity at the Kano Government House, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, also publicly endorsed the decision of his Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area caucus to follow Governor Yusuf to any political party he chooses.
This came after a meeting of NNPP caucus members in Dawakin Tofa LGA, where the council chairman, Anas Danmaliki, announced that he and all councillors in the area would align with Governor Yusuf.
Reacting to the declaration, Tofa said, “I, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, as one of the caucus of the party in the LGA, am with whatever Danmaliki said 1,000 percent.”
As of the time of filing this report, neither Governor Yusuf nor Senator Kwankwaso had issued an official statement on the matter, leaving the future political direction of the NNPP in Kano a subject of increasing public attention.