By Anwar Usman
The governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, will officially join the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday, as provided by sources familiar with the development.
Reports have it that, the governor will be received by the Vice President Kashim Shettima and the national chairman of the party Yitwalda Nentawe in Abuja.
Additionally, the party leader in Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, has been recalled from a Dubai trip, just as the Kano state chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, was asked to cut short his lesser hajj trip to issue APC membership card to the governor at his Diso Ward of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State during the week.
The Daily Reality reports hat President Bola Tinubu was initially reluctant to accept Mr Yusuf’s defection without his godfather, who commands cult following in Kano and some parts of the North, as said by a source familiar with the development.
The entire local government caucuses in the state had made aattempt to convince the governor to join the ruling APC by showing open alliance with the governor and calling on him to lead them into the APC.
Recall that, earlier this week members of the NNPP from some local government called on the governor to join the APC wich caused a backlash in the Kwankwasiyya camp, with some describing it as betrayal and many adherents calling out the governor and reiterating loyalty to Mr Kwankwaso.