{"id":240369,"date":"2026-01-26T17:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/breaking-kano-governor-yusuf-officially-joins-apc-video\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:13:19","slug":"breaking-kano-governor-yusuf-officially-joins-apc-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/breaking-kano-governor-yusuf-officially-joins-apc-video\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Kano Governor Yusuf Officially Joins APC [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"172\">The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has officially returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"280\">Yusuf formally defected to the ruling party on Monday at the Coronation Hall of the Kano Government House.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"597\">He was received into the party by the former National Chairman of the APC and ex-Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje; the Deputy President of the Senate and Senator representing Kano South, Barau Jibrin; the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Ata; alongside other senior party leaders.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"789\">Speaking at the event, the governor said his decision to rejoin the APC was driven by the need to work more closely with the Federal Government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"1019\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Yusuf, who was elected governor on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in 2023, had earlier resigned from the party alongside several members of the Kano State House of Assembly and the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"1019\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Watch Video: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Equityoyo\/status\/2015828375999238453?s=20\">https:\/\/x.com\/Equityoyo\/status\/2015828375999238453?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has officially returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Yusuf formally defected to the ruling party on Monday at the Coronation Hall of the Kano Government House. He was received into the party by the former National Chairman of the APC and ex-Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":239602,"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":[],"class_list":["post-240369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kano-APC-Denies-Talks-With-Governor-Yusuf-Over-2027-Ticket-Dismisses-Rumours.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240369","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=240369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}