{"id":160854,"date":"2025-04-29T18:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku"},"modified":"2025-04-30T19:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:45:13","slug":"2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku","title":{"rendered":"2027: Kebbi gov, Idris clears air on alleged plans to team up with Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has firmly denied rumours linking him and four other governors to plans of defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>There is currently growing confusion within the ruling APC in Kebbi State following widespread rumours that Governor Idris may be planning to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The speculation was fueled by a viral report which named Idris among five serving APC governors who are said to be considering joining forces with the 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in a bid to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>However in a statement issued on Sunday, the governor described the speculation as \u201cridiculously malicious\u201d and the work of \u201cuninteresting political comedians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ahmed Idris, stressed the governor\u2019s unwavering loyalty to the APC.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to social media reports suggesting his involvement in a coalition allegedly led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Idris stated, \u201cI am made in APC, by APC, and for APC. I am not a political prostitute. I will be the last person to leave my formidable and reliable party for any coalition, no matter who the architects are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Popularly known as Kauran Gwandu, Governor Idris reaffirmed his commitment to the people of Kebbi State and his support for President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they tell you again that Kaura is likely to leave his APC, tell them I will be the last man standing,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>The statement further dismissed any notion of defection from the party, describing such rumours as a \u201cdance of mad fellows in the marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Idris assured that Kebbi State remains a stronghold of the APC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has firmly denied rumours linking him and four other governors to plans of defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC). There is currently growing confusion within the ruling APC in Kebbi State following widespread rumours that Governor Idris may be planning to defect to the Peoples Democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13554,10083,2329,254],"class_list":["post-160854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-13554","tag-idris","tag-kebbi","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027: Kebbi gov, Idris clears air on alleged plans to team up with Atiku - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has firmly denied rumours linking him and four other governors to plans of defecting ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027: Kebbi gov, Idris clears air on alleged plans to team up with Atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has firmly denied rumours linking him and four other governors to plans of defecting ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-29T17:48:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-30T18:45:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745940279.241257.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"685\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027: Kebbi gov, Idris clears air on alleged plans to team up with Atiku\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-29T17:48:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-30T18:45:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku\"},\"wordCount\":308,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745940279.241257.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"idris\",\"Kebbi\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-kebbi-gov-idris-clears-air-on-alleged-plans-to-team-up-with-atiku\",\"name\":\"2027: Kebbi gov, Idris clears air on alleged plans to team up with Atiku - 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