{"id":177576,"date":"2025-09-04T07:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:45:20","slug":"kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin","title":{"rendered":"Kwankwaso still open to joining APC \u2013 Reps Jibrin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has not ruled out the possibility of returning to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Jibrin, who is also a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), explained during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Wednesday that Kwankwaso is still willing to work with President Bola Tinubu under the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as that [joining APC] is concerned, he has always maintained that his doors are open, our doors are open for discussions. Everything is a possibility,\u201d Jibrin said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question on either he would \u2018follow\u2019 Kwankwaso if he leaves NNPP, Jibrin said he is an adult capable of making his own decisions.<\/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. A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has not ruled out the possibility of returning to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jibrin, who is also a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), explained during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,37,254,15554],"class_list":["post-177576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-bola-tinubu","tag-nigeria","tag-rabiu-musa-kwankwaso"],"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 still open to joining APC \u2013 Reps Jibrin - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, ...\" \/>\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-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwankwaso still open to joining APC \u2013 Reps Jibrin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-04T06:41:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-04T07:45:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756959478.041425.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\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-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwankwaso still open to joining APC \u2013 Reps Jibrin\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-04T06:41:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-04T07:45:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin\"},\"wordCount\":146,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756959478.041425.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Bola Tinubu\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kwankwaso-still-open-to-joining-apc-reps-jibrin\",\"name\":\"Kwankwaso still open to joining APC \u2013 Reps Jibrin - 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