{"id":171152,"date":"2025-07-25T11:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:24:00","slug":"kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp","title":{"rendered":"Kwankwaso Welcomes Thousands of APC Members to NNPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso on Thursday received thousands of Kano State residents defecting from the All Progressives Congress, APC to NNPP.<\/p>\n<p>Kwankwaso, the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday was a momentous occasion, as I received thousands of defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party (NNPP)\u201d, he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The former Kano State Governor, also revealed that during the event, he promised the defectors \u201cequitable treatment and cooperation\u201d in NNPP.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the leadership style in Kano State has continued to attract opposition party members into the NNPP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking during the event at my residence in Kano, I welcomed the new members into our party and I promised them equitable treatment and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe distinguished leadership style in Kano and our political leadership keep attracting more people into our fold, and I encourage those considering joining to do so without any hesitation\u201d, he wrote.<\/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. Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso on Thursday received thousands of Kano State residents defecting from the All Progressives Congress, APC to NNPP. Kwankwaso, the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Friday. \u201cYesterday was a momentous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,372,2021,254],"class_list":["post-171152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-kano","tag-kwankwaso","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>Kwankwaso Welcomes Thousands of APC Members to NNPP - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso on Thursday received thousands of ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwankwaso Welcomes Thousands of APC Members to NNPP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso on Thursday received thousands of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T10:04:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T11:24:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430143.397782.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwankwaso Welcomes Thousands of APC Members to NNPP\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T10:04:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T11:24:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430143.397782.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Kano\",\"Kwankwaso\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-welcomes-thousands-of-apc-members-to-nnpp\",\"name\":\"Kwankwaso Welcomes Thousands of APC Members to NNPP - 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