President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has allegedly ordered the suspension of the All Progressives Congress (APC) e-registration exercise in Kano State, pending the formal defection of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to the party.
The claim was made by Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, a member of the House of Representatives and a prominent APC leader in Kano.
Doguwa disclosed this in a video shared on X by user @jrnaib2, where he suggested that the President had already welcomed Governor Yusuf into the ruling party.
Speaking in the video, the lawmaker stated: “What could you do when Tinubu said he has accepted Abba? What would you do?
“Tinubu has accepted him (into APC), we were going to start APC e-registration in Kano tomorrow, but the President and the APC national leadership has directed that it should be put on hold.”
Doguwa further explained that the APC leadership intends for Governor Yusuf to be the first person to register electronically in Kano once the process resumes.
He added: “If we accept the ‘hunch backed,’ what would he do with me? We could only be patient.”
While the exact date the remarks were made remains unclear, they come as the APC continues its nationwide membership registration drive.
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The statements have sparked mixed reactions online. Some social media users dismissed the claim that Governor Yusuf is considering a move to the APC. User @auwal_sls argued that the governor is not prepared to abandon his current political platform, while another user, @Teemaah88, warned that Kano State “will lose this election.”
In recent months, there have been growing reports that associates of Governor Yusuf and his political mentor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are pushing for a defection to the APC.
Supporters of the idea believe such a move would strengthen Kano’s political alignment with the federal government.
The Kano State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, has publicly defended these calls, insisting that joining the APC would be beneficial to the state. However, Kwankwaso has strongly opposed any suggestion of defection.
He has repeatedly maintained that Governor Yusuf should remain in his current party and has even challenged him to resign from office if he intends to cross over to the APC.
Speculation peaked earlier this week with reports that the governor was expected to defect on Monday, but no such move has taken place.
So far, Abba Kabir Yusuf has kept silent on the issue, leaving the political future of Kano State uncertain.
