Events that will shape the political landscape of Kano State in the 2027 elections have continued emerge after its governor, Abba Yusuf, formally resigned from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the All Progressives Congress (NNPP).
The latest from the state revealed that 22 legislators out of 40 members of the Kano State House of Assembly have decamped from NNPP to the All Progressive Congress (APC), where Governor Yusuf had earlier decamped to.
The latest defectors announced their defection today during the plenary session. The defection was carried out alongside eight members of the House of Representatives and all 44 local government chairmen in Kano State.
Among those who left NNPP are the Speaker of the House, Jibril Falgore (Rogo), the Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado), Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain (Dala); the Deputy Majority Leader, Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya); and the Chief Whip, Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso).
Others are Rep. Rabiu Shuaibu (Dawakin Kudu) representing Dawakin Kudu, Tukur Mohammed (Fagge), Zakariyya Abdullahi Nuhu (Gabasawa), Lawal Tini (Ajingi), Musa Tahir Haruna (Albasu), Ali Lawan Alhassan (Bagwai/Shanono), Ali Muhammad Tiga (Bebeji), and Hafiz Gambo (Bunkure), Murtala Muhammad Kadage (Garko), Abdulmajid Isah Umar (Gwale), Ahmad Ibrahim (Karaye), Alhassan Zakari (Kura/Garun Malam), Suleiman Mukhtar Ishaq (Madobi), Abdulhamid Abdul (Minjibir), Muhammad Ibrahim (Rano), Kabiru Sule Dahiru (Tarauni), and Ali Abdullahi Manager (Wudil).
However, in what seems to be the crumbling of NNPP, its national leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, may also be loosing his brother to APC.
A trending video shows Yahaya Musa Kwankwaso, a brother to the national leader, Musa Kwankwaso, the Deputy Director of Protocol, sides with Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf in his defection to the APC.
