By Jude Opara, Abuja
Ahead of the forthcoming local government election in Kano on Saturday, more than 1,000 members of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday dumped the party to join the ruling New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).
In a statement yesterday, Sanusi Bature, spokesman to Governor Abba Yusuf said the defectors drawn from Ungogo, Kabo, and Takai local government areas of the state have collapsed the entire APC structure and reunited with NNPP.
“The fresh set of defectors who surrendered their loyalty to the National leader of the NNPP and spiritual leader of Kwankwasiyya movement Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, pledged to ensure block votes for all NNPP candidates in next Saturday’s council poll”, the statement added.
Speaking on behalf of the defectors, at Kwankwaso’s Miller road mansion, Alhaji Sabiu said the APC members lost confidence in the leadership of their former party.
He said they have resolved to move in mass into NNPP to attract government presence in their constituencies.
Receiving the defectors, the presidential candidate of the NNPP in the 2023 election, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso applauded the new members and assured them that they would be treated equally within the party.
He emphasized the party’s dedication to socio-economic and political progress, with a clear vision for Nigeria’s future, particularly focusing on the 2027 general elections.
He also called on the people of Kano and Nigerians nationwide to unite behind the NNPP, urging them to support the party’s candidates in the upcoming local government elections.
Kwankwaso reiterated the party’s mission to foster unity and propel Nigeria toward greater development of the entire country.
