There is tight security at the Kano State Government House following speculations of Governor Abba Yusuf’s defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
DAILY POST reports that at the main entrance, combined security personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services, DSS, were stationed at strategic locations.
Security checks were also intensified, with access subjected to strict identification procedures by operatives.
The heightened tension is said to have coincided with growing speculation about a disagreement between Governor Yusuf and his political mentor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Kwankwaso, a national leader of the NNPP, has strongly opposed Yusuf’s alleged plan to defect to the APC. He reportedly warned that such a move would destabilise the NNPP and undermine the Kwankwasiyya Movement.
The crisis has spread to the NNPP, exposing cracks in the two leaders’ longstanding alliance.
In a press statement issued on behalf of the NNPP in Kano State and at the national level, the party said it was fully aware of the unfolding political situation and does not support any defection to the APC.
“We are aware of the developments happening here in Kano State concerning some individuals who intend to defect to the APC.
“I want to make it clear that the Kano State party, the national party, and our national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, together with other leaders, do not approve of what is happening,” the statement signed by NNPP Kano State Chairman, Hashim Dungurawa, said.