A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alwan Hassan, has stated that the party has suffered a great loss over the defection of former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Hassan stated this on Tuesday during a live appearance in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time.’
According to him, Kwankwaso has been in the market since 2023, noting that Kano is big for the APC.
“The APC is in trouble for losing Kwankwaso to ADC. Kano is big for the APC. If we lose Kano to Kwankwaso in 2027, we are in trouble.
“We lost Kano in 2023, and we will lose it in 2027. Kwankwaso is a master of the game in Kano.
“Kwankwaso had been in the market since 2023, and we have lost him to the ADC,” Hassan said.
Meanwhile, a chieftain of the APC, Mohammed Jamo, has claimed that the defection of former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has shown that the party is no longer a viable platform.
Jamo stated this on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television.
He asserted that the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf’s decision to leave the NNPP, has been validated by Kwankwaso’s defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
“There are always two sides to every coin. If we are to look at it from the perspective from which we and many people in Kano see what has happened today, it is a vindication of our position,” Jamo said.
He recalled that when Governor Yusuf and his allies exited the NNPP months earlier, the move was met with widespread criticism, particularly from members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement.
“A few months ago, when Governor Abba Yusuf and some of us decided that the NNPP was no longer a tenable platform for us to continue practising politics and delivering the dividends of democracy to the people of Kano, many people, especially from the Kwankwasiyya movement, were shouting and saying we had done the wrong thing.
“But today, we have been vindicated that leaving the NNPP was the right decision,” he said.
Jamo added that Nigerians observing recent developments would recognise that the defection was made at the appropriate time and in the best interest of governance in Kano State.
“That means Nigerians watching us today will see that we were on the right trajectory by leaving the NNPP at the time we did and aligning with the Federal Government,” he added.
