There was no official confirmation on Monday over when Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will formally defect from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n
Earlier reports indicated that Monday, January 12, 2026, would mark Yusuf\u2019s exit from the NNPP, with plans to register as an APC member at \u018aiso Ward in the Gwale Local Government Area of the Kano metropolis. However, those expectations were not confirmed at the ward level.<\/p>\n
Speaking with journalists, the Chairman of the APC in \u018aiso Ward, Malam Maje Kabir Ahmad, said the ward had not received any directive from the party\u2019s leadership regarding the governor\u2019s registration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not received any instruction from above concerning the governor\u2019s coming today (Monday),\u201d<\/em> Maje said.<\/p>\n He added, however, that the ward remained on standby. He said, \u201cNevertheless, we are fully prepared. Even if it is late at night and the governor decides to register today, we will be ready to receive him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Maje explained that \u018aiso Ward occupies a strategic position in Kano politics, noting that it is home to key political actors, including the Kano State APC Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, as well as Governor Yusuf himself.<\/p>\n He said, \u201cGovernor Abba and the APC chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, are related by blood and political history, without doubt, the governor\u2019s return to the APC would have a significant impact on the political landscape and development of Kano State.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n A visit to the APC ward office showed a modest, single-room structure located beside the Gwale Local Government Secretariat. The office currently lacks adequate furniture and equipment, although renovation work was ongoing, with visible improvements underway.<\/p>\n Despite the uncertainty surrounding the governor\u2019s alleged defection, the ward chairman reiterated the party\u2019s readiness to receive him.<\/p>\n \u201cWhenever the governor decides to formally join the APC, \u018aiso Ward is ready,\u201d<\/em> Maje said.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was no official confirmation on Monday over when Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will formally defect from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the All Progressives Congress. Earlier reports indicated that Monday, January 12, 2026, would mark Yusuf\u2019s exit from the NNPP, with plans to register as an APC member at \u018aiso […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":238963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[309,287],"class_list":["post-239145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-abba-yusuf","tag-apc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Abba-Kabir-Yusuf-Kano-Governor1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}