Kwankwaso Making Moves To Defect To APC, Says Party Stalwart

By Abdullahi Yusuf

A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kano State, Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, has that a former Governor of the state and National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso, is making moves to defect to the APC.

Musa Iliyasu alleged in Kano on Thursday that Kwankwaso is lobbying President Bola Tinubu to “allow him to defect to our great party, the APC, so as to achieve his interests.”

He told newsmen that Kwankwaso’s purpose of trying to move to the APC is to secure a second term for his political godson, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf in 2027.

“We are quite aware of the serial efforts of Kwankwaso to have the ears of President Tinubu to allow him to decamp to APC to enable his political godson, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to have a smooth ride for a second term in office,” he said.

Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, a former Commissioner in the state and presently the Executive Director (Finance) Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, urged President Tinubu not to allow Kwankwaso into the APC.

He also said that all the members of House of Representatives who won their seats on the platform of the NNPP which has Fruits as its logo, are merging with the APC, soon.

This, according to the APC bigwig, would shrink the Kwankwasiyya political movement led by Senator Kwankwaso.

“And this will be a good development for the APC as the party strategizes to recapture Kano in the 2027 general elections,” Iliyasu added.