PHOTOS: Ganduje receives Kawu Sumaila, Rurum, Baffa Bichi, Sha’aban Sharada, Diggol as new APC members

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has formally received several prominent New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) leaders who have defected to the APC.

SolaceBase reports that among those welcomed into the party are Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, representing Kano South Senatorial District; Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, Member of the House of Representatives for Rano/Kibiya/Bunkure Federal Constituency, Dr. Baffa Bichi, former Secretary to the Kano State Government, and Hon. Badamasi Ayuba, former Member of the House of Representatives for Danbatta/Makoda Federal Constituency.

Others include Hon. Abdullahi Sani Rogo, Rt. Hon. Zubairu Hamza Masu, Hon. Muhammad Diggol, Hon. Sha’aban Ibrahim Sharada, and Hon. Abbas Sani Abbas.

Speaking after a closed-door meeting with the new entrants, Ganduje said, “In APC, we believe in our president, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We believe in his economic reforms, we believe in his Renewed Hope Agenda, and part of the political renewed hope agenda is trying to canvass for more followership into the party.

“We started by democratically electing governors, especially in Edo State, who was in PDP, we elected, we succeeded in winning the election, he is now in APC.

“So, you can see that we are expanding.

I don’t want to reveal our secret, but what I am telling you is that for APC, 2027 is a done deal.”

On his part, Senator Kawu, who led the delegation, said, “This is the coming together of like minds in NNPP Kano state.”

On the value he is bringing into the APC, Kawu said, “I will refer you to the 2023 general election. Go and check the results. I mean the Presidential, Senatorial, and House of Representatives elections, where we contested the same day, the same polling unit with Kwankwaso. That will give you the answer to your question.

You will see my result, his (Kwankwaso) result, and various members of the House of Representatives on that very day.

“Then the subsequent election, the senatorial and state assembly members, you will see the difference and you will understand what we are telling you”, he explained.

The defectors have, on several occasions, publicly expressed their dissatisfaction over what they described as acts of injustice and internal marginalisation within the NNPP, allegedly orchestrated by the party’s leader, Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso.