More defections hit NNPP in Kano as Kwankwasiyya scholars join APC

In yet another major political realignment in Kano State, two prominent groups within the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and the Kwankwasiyya Movement have formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The wave of defections was marked by the exit of the Kwankwasiyya Scholars, led by Hon Ahmad Yusuf Maidoki, and Hon Faruq Abdulrazak Musa, a former chairmanship aspirant for Tudun Wada Local Government Area under the NNPP.

Both groups announced their departure during a courtesy visit to the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, at his Abuja residence on Friday.

In a symbolic gesture, the decampees discarded the iconic red caps associated with the Kwankwasiyya Movement, publicly…