Writing By BASHIR M; Editing By Yusuf Zubairu
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has received hundreds of grassroots leaders of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Senator Barau, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashiru, says it will soon be rare to see anyone wearing a red cap, the symbol of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, in Kano State.
According to the statement, Senator Barau, while responding to a question about the wave of defections affecting the NNPP in Kano State, after welcoming hundreds of grassroots leaders from the party at the National Assembly, said that the rate at which NNPP members, including their leaders, are joining the APC is evidence of the increasing popularity and support the APC is gaining in Kano State, despite being in opposition.
He said he would continue to welcome NNPP members rushing to join his party, noting that 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,” he added.
“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, Asiwaju 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.”
He added that a time will come when one will look for someone wearing a red cap, the symbol of the Kwankwasiyya, and won’t find any in Kano.
Senator Barau assured that they are doing this to lay a solid foundation for APC 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,
The statement further explains that the Deputy National Women Leader of the APC, Hajiya Zainab Abubakar Ibrahim, who witnessed the defection, Commended Senator Barau, describing him as a blessing to the APC, the people of Kano State, the North, and the country.
“The massive support our party is receiving in Kano shows that the days of the NNPP are numbered in the state. We will reclaim our state at the polls in 2027, by Allah’s grace,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Deputy President of the Senate also received members of the APC Amalgamated Support Groups from Kano State at the National Assembly.
Led by Hon. Shehu Isa Direba, the group visited the National Assembly to reaffirm their support for and express appreciation to Senator Barau for his various interventions in the state.
The group, consisting of former local government chairmen, party stakeholders, farmers, businessmen, civil servants, and others, stated that with Senator Barau’s support and interventions, the APC is no longer seen as an opposition party in Kano.
“APC members are envied in Kano State by the NNPP, the ruling party, because of Senator Barau’s numerous interventions, projects, and programs,” the group said.
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