Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has formally responded to the invitation of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to join the party.
Ganduje at a stakeholders’ meeting of the APC in Kano on Thursday, had asked Governor Yusuf to abandon the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and join the APC.
In the words of Ganduje:
“We are appealing to those who want join APC to come. In particular, we are inviting the Governor of Kano and his NNPP to join APC.”
Governor Yusuf, while speaking through his spokesman, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, said Ganduje did not follow the right channel.
“We heard that he is begging for the Governor to join the APC, what is surprising is Ganduje as a former governor and former Deputy Governor knows better than anyone the right channel to send a message to a sitting Governor”, the statement said.
“His Excellency the Governor (Abba Kabir Yusuf) does not have plans to leave his party and will not leave the party.
“Changing a political party is like changing a house, you just cannot wake up, pack your bags and say I have left my party. There are things to be done before you decide to change your house,” he explained.
