Extra defections hit NNPP in Kano as Kwankwasiyya students be part of APC

In one more main political realignment in Kano State, two distinguished teams inside the New Nigeria Individuals’s Celebration (NNPP) and the Kwankwasiyya Motion have formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The wave of defections was marked by the exit of the Kwankwasiyya Students, led by Hon Ahmad Yusuf Maidoki, and Hon Faruq Abdulrazak Musa, a former chairmanship aspirant for Tudun Wada Native Authorities Space underneath the NNPP.

Each teams introduced their departure throughout a courtesy go to to the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, at his Abuja residence on Friday.

In a symbolic gesture, the decampees discarded the long-lasting purple caps related to the Kwankwasiyya Motion, publicly embracing the APC and its imaginative and prescient for Kano and Nigeria at giant.

In accordance with Senator Barau, the defectors cited the APC’s people-focused governance and growth agenda as key causes for his or her transfer.

“They thrashed the purple cap, the image of the Kwankwasiyya Motion, and embraced the Individuals’s Celebration, APC, citing our dedication to creating our individuals and state,” he acknowledged.

The Deputy Senate President emphasised that the continued exodus from the NNPP is a direct response to the APC’s quite a few people-oriented legislations, tasks, and inclusive political tradition.

“APC is sufficiently big to accommodate all. You can be handled pretty and equally like different members of the social gathering,” he assured the brand new members.

Barau additionally famous that whereas the NNPP as soon as had important affect in Kano, it’s now largely restricted to pockets inside the Kano Central Senatorial District.

He added that in Kano North, the social gathering has no significant presence, and in Kano South, extra of its key figures are getting ready to affix the APC.