Senator Barau I. Jibrin, Deputy President of the Senate, received hundreds of grassroots leaders who defected from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He stated that it would soon be rare to see individuals wearing a red cap, which symbolizes the Kwankwasiyya Movement in Kano State.
In response to questions about the recent defections from the NNPP, he noted, “The rate at which the NNPP members, including their leaders, are trooping to the APC is a testament to the growing popularity and support APC is getting in Kano State despite being an opposition party.”
“I will continue to receive NNPP members rushing to join our party. Politics is a game of numbers. If you have a political party and members of other parties are not joining you, it means there is a problem.”
“The NNPP members are attracted to the APC by our numerous interventions across critical spheres of our state and the country at large by the President Tinubu administration.
At the formation of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu went across the country to woo people to the party and this was why the party became popular in the country.
“We will continue receiving NNPP and other party members regardless of what some people say.
“Time will come, You will be looking for someone with a red cap, the symbol of the Kwankwasiyya, and you won’t see any in Kano, We will get there soon.
“We are doing this to lay a solid foundation for our party, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and others to win the presidential, governorship, national, and state House of Assembly elections come 2027 in Kano and beyond,” he stated.
Hajiya Zainab Abubakar Ibrahim, Deputy National Women Leader of APC, who witnessed the defection, commented, “The massive support our party is receiving in Kano shows the days of the NNPP are numbered in the state. We will take back our state at the poll come 2027, by Allah’s grace.”
Additionally, Senator Barau received members of the APC Amalgamated Support Groups in Kano State. Led by Hon. Shehu Isa Direba, the group expressed their support and appreciation for Senator Barau’s interventions in the state.
The group, which included former local government chairmen, party stakeholders, farmers, businessmen, and civil servants, remarked.
“With the support and interventions of Senator Barau, APC is no longer considered an opposition party in Kano.
APC members are envied in Kano State by the NNPP, the ruling party in the state, because of Senator Barau’s numerous interventions, projects, and programmes.”