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Kano: Gov Yusuf meets Tinubu, defects to APC today

Kano: Gov Yusuf meets Tinubu, defects to APC today

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Idowu Bankole
Published on 2026-01-19 23:44:53

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Bashir Bello

ABUJA — Barring further postponements, Governor Abba Yusuf will defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, today, Kano State Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Abbas, has said.

Sources told Vanguard that the defection move was one of the reasons President Bola Tinubu met behind closed-doors with the Kano State governor, yesterday.

Yusuf’s expected defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, had caused APC leaders to delay membership e-registration in Kano, as the exercise started two weeks ago in many states and would end in two weeks time.

Regarding Yusuf’s defection to the APC, Abbas said: “Be on standby, we may call on you (journalists) Tuesday(today) depending on…

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