{"id":198571,"date":"2026-04-06T18:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:41:33","slug":"kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc","title":{"rendered":"Kwankwaso welcomes ex-Kano deputy governor, Gwarzo, to ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has officially welcomed the immediate past Deputy Governor of Kano State, Aminu Gwarzo, into the party.<\/p>\n<p>Kwankwaso described Gwarzo\u2019s defection as a major boost to the party\u2019s growing structure.<\/p>\n<p>The former New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate disclosed this via his official X handle on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He praised Gwarzo\u2019s decision to join the opposition coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heartily congratulate Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, the immediate past Deputy Governor of Kano State, on his decision to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe grand reception held yesterday in Gwarzo Town has not only strengthened our ranks with his wealth of experience, but has also injected fresh energy and renewed enthusiasm into the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome home, Your Excellency, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo,\u201d Kwankwaso wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Gwarzo formally joined the ADC on Sunday during a well-attended event held in Gwarzo Town.<\/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 chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has officially welcomed the immediate past Deputy Governor of Kano State, Aminu Gwarzo, into the party. Kwankwaso described Gwarzo\u2019s defection as a major boost to the party\u2019s growing structure. The former New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate disclosed this via his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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 ex-Kano deputy governor, Gwarzo, to ADC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has officially welcomed the immediate past Deputy ...\" \/>\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\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwankwaso welcomes ex-Kano deputy governor, Gwarzo, to ADC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has officially welcomed the immediate past Deputy ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T17:17:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T18:41:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775500873.96526.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\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\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwankwaso welcomes ex-Kano deputy governor, Gwarzo, to ADC\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-06T17:17:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T18:41:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775500873.96526.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-welcomes-ex-kano-deputy-governor-gwarzo-to-adc\",\"name\":\"Kwankwaso welcomes ex-Kano deputy governor, Gwarzo, to ADC - 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