Gov Yusuf approached Tinubu over planned defection with Kwankwaso’s consent — Sanusi Bature

The Kano State Government has claimed that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf erstwhile approached President Bola Ahmed Tinubu implicit a imaginable governmental defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), with the consent of erstwhile Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

The assertion was made by the Director-General of Media and Publicity astatine the Kano Government House, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, during an quality connected the Arise TV Morning Show.

Bature said the alleged discussions formed portion of wider governmental movements and consultations already shaping narratives up of the 2027 wide elections.

According to him, the determination was not done successful isolation but reportedly had the backing of cardinal governmental figures wrong the state.

He said, “Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had astatine a constituent approached President Bola Ahmed Tinubu connected the contented of defection into the APC, and this was done with the consent of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo.”

He added that the governmental conversations remained portion of unfolding developments successful the build-up to the adjacent predetermination cycle.

Bature besides alleged that immoderate governmental alignments crossed the state suggest ongoing negotiations among cardinal actors, tho...