{"id":197947,"date":"2026-03-29T19:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:32:21","slug":"bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc","title":{"rendered":"Bashir Ahmad Laments Kwankwaso&#8217;s Defection Impact on APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former presidential spokesman, Bashir Ahmad has raised concerns that the planned defection of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, national leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso to the African Democratic Congress, would have negative impacts on the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Kwankwaso is reportedly set to join the ADC on Monday as opposition figures realign against President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Kwankwaso\u2019s move, Bashir in a post on his official X handle lamented the negative impacts it may have on the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Bashir, however, said the challenge is not insurmountable, stating that if the ruling party puts its affairs in proper order, it may emerge victorious in the next election.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cSenator Rabiu Kwankwaso\u2019s defection to the other side may have an impact on our overall performance in Kano. However, this is not insurmountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as we keep our house intact and put our affairs in proper order, victory is still very much within our reach\u201d.<\/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 former presidential spokesman, Bashir Ahmad has raised concerns that the planned defection of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, national leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso to the African Democratic Congress, would have negative impacts on the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Kwankwaso is reportedly set to join the ADC on Monday as opposition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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>Bashir Ahmad Laments Kwankwaso&#039;s Defection Impact on APC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former presidential spokesman, Bashir Ahmad has raised concerns that the planned defection of the New Nigerian Peoples ...\" \/>\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\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bashir Ahmad Laments Kwankwaso&#039;s Defection Impact on APC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former presidential spokesman, Bashir Ahmad has raised concerns that the planned defection of the New Nigerian Peoples ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-29T18:24:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-29T19:32:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774812707.179511.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"690\" \/>\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\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bashir Ahmad Laments Kwankwaso&#8217;s Defection Impact on APC\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-29T18:24:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-29T19:32:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774812707.179511.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bashir-ahmad-laments-kwankwasos-defection-impact-on-apc\",\"name\":\"Bashir Ahmad Laments Kwankwaso's Defection Impact on APC - 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