{"id":195100,"date":"2026-02-16T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-chairman-welcomes-defectors-from-nnpp-pdp-in-kano"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:41:44","slug":"apc-chairman-welcomes-defectors-from-nnpp-pdp-in-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-chairman-welcomes-defectors-from-nnpp-pdp-in-kano","title":{"rendered":"APC Chairman Welcomes Defectors from NNPP PDP in Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, on Sunday supervised the defection of several members from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano State.<\/p>\n

This event comes ahead of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State\u2019s official welcoming rally to the party.<\/p>\n

During the rally, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf were both endorsed for second terms in office by party faithful and the new defectors.<\/p>\n

A prominent indigene of the Dawakin Kudu\/Warawa Federal Constituency used the occasion to publicly appeal to the Chief of Staff to the APC National Chairman, Hon. Mustapha Bala Dawaki, to return to active politics and contest the Dawakin Kudu\/Warawa House of Representatives seat.<\/p>\n

The well-attended event drew top APC chieftains, including:<\/p>\n

APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, Former APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Kano State APC Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, Executive Chairman of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGi), Ismail Ahmed, Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Bashir Lado Mohammed as well as several other party leaders and stakeholders<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, on Sunday supervised the defection of several members from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano State. 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