{"id":81875,"date":"2026-01-19T06:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81875"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:04:53","slug":"uncertainty-surrounds-abba-yusufs-apc-defection-in-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/19\/uncertainty-surrounds-abba-yusufs-apc-defection-in-kano\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainty Surrounds Abba Yusuf\u2019s APC Defection in Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf\u2019s planned switch from the NNPP to the APC remains uncertain as consultations with lawmakers and party stakeholders continue.<\/p>\n<p>The defection, long anticipated, has stalled amid opposition from his political godfather, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and internal NNPP tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say tough conditions being demanded by Yusuf from the APC also contribute to the delay.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s next move remains closely watched, keeping Kano\u2019s political scene on edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf\u2019s planned switch from the NNPP to the APC remains uncertain as consultations with lawmakers and party stakeholders continue. The defection, long anticipated, has stalled amid opposition from his political godfather, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and internal NNPP tensions. Sources say tough conditions being demanded by Yusuf from the APC also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81877,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81875\/revisions\/81877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}