The Nationwide Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday welcomed a wave of high-profile defections from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State, declaring that the ruling occasion is firmly positioned for victory within the 2027 basic elections.
Main the defectors was Senator Kawu Sumaila, representing Kano South, who had earlier introduced his exit from the NNPP in a Fb submit on Wednesday. Sumaila was joined by a formidable political contingent, together with former Kano State Home of Meeting Speaker Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, ex-lawmaker Abdullahi Sani Rogo, Zubairu Hamza Massu, and former commissioners Diggol and Abbas Sani. Additionally among the many defectors was Baffa Bichi, the previous Secretary to the State Authorities.
Whereas addressing occasion supporters in the course of the welcome ceremony in Abuja, Ganduje was upbeat in regards to the APC’s political trajectory.
“I don’t need to reveal our secret, however what I’m telling you is that APC 2027 is a carried out deal,” the previous Kano governor mentioned.
Senator Sumaila, who emphasised that his defection wouldn’t have an effect on his cooperation with the Kano State authorities, defined that the transfer was pushed by the need to safe higher outcomes for his constituents.
“One of many causes for leaving was associated to the world we come from—how we will present one thing actually useful for our individuals,” he mentioned. “Politics is about negotiations, discussions, and in search of the very best outcomes for the neighborhood.”
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He reassured his constituents that ongoing improvement efforts wouldn’t stall, including that the swap to APC would improve {economic} alternatives within the area.
“I’ve no regrets about leaving NNPP. Everybody is targeted on discovering the very best options for his or her individuals, and that’s what issues most,” he added.
In a associated improvement, APC Nationwide Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, likened the occasion’s present mobilization technique to the grassroots efforts of Jehovah’s Witnesses, stressing the occasion’s dedication to ascertain a useful construction at each political stage underneath Ganduje’s management.
The defection marks one other political shake-up in Kano, a key battleground state forward of the 2027 polls, and alerts rising rigidity between the APC and NNPP, which at the moment controls the Kano State Authorities.
