APC National Chairman Yilwatda meets Emir Sanusi behind closed doors in Kano

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, has paid a courtesy sojourn to the Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, astatine the Rumfa Palace.

Yilwatda visited the monarch on Saturday, August 22, 2026, soon aft Sanusi returned from Abuja.

A adjacent subordinate of the Emir, Muhammad Dallatu, confirmed the gathering to The PUNCH connected Sunday, saying the APC president and Sanusi held a backstage gathering astatine the palace.

Dallatu said, “The APC nationalist president paid a courtesy sojourn to His Highness, the Emir of Kano, astatine the Rumfa Palace on Saturday.”

He added, “The Emir had conscionable returned from Abuja erstwhile the gathering took place, and the 2 held a closed-door gathering astatine the palace.”

Dallatu said the issues discussed were not made nationalist due to the fact that the gathering was private.

The sojourn comes arsenic governmental activities summation up of the 2027 wide elections and amid the long-running quality implicit the Kano Emirate.

The situation began successful 2019 erstwhile the medication of erstwhile Governor Abdullahi Ganduje divided the Kano Emirate int...