Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the All progressives Congress (APC) has harvested several key stakeholders from the opposition parties in the past few weeks and more are expected in the coming days.
The National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje on Thursday also confirmed that more governors are coming into APC fold very soon.
This is even as the party received key political leaders from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) including a Senator from Kano.
Speaking in Abuja when he formally received some decampees from NNPP Kano State chapter, Ganduje expressed confidence that the ruling party will win all the forthcoming elections even before the general elections in 2027, adding that the party’s 2027 project “is a done deal.”
The decampees were led by the Senator representing Kano South, Senator Kawu Ismailia.
Among the newly decamped politicians from Kano state apart from Senator Kawu Sumaila, include: Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhasan Rurmum, Representating Rano/Kibiya in Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Abdullahi Sani Rogo, Rt. Hon. Zubairu Hamza Massu, member Kano State House of Assembly, Dr. A B. Baffa Bichi, former Secretary to the State Government, Hon. Mohd Digol, a former Commissioner in Kano state government, Hon. Abbas S. Abbas, a former Commissioner in Kano state, Hon. Sha’aban Ibrahim Lawal, a former governorship candidate, Hon. Badamasi Ayuba Danbatta, a former member, House of Reps, and Hon. Idris Dankuwa, a former member, House of Representatives.
Ganduje, who spoke with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the new decampees said, “In APC, we believe in our President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tunbu, we believe in his economic reforms, we believe in his Renewed Hope Agenda and part of the political renewed hope agenda is trying to canvass for more followership into the party.
“We started by democratically electing governors, especially in Edo State, who was in PDP, we elected, we succeeded in winning the election, he is now in APC.
“Now, there is another channel that has been opened through advocacy, through dialogue, through convincing some highly and even elected governors to come into the party. And you can see what has happened now.
“The governor of Delta State is now in APC, including his cabinet, including all the members of the state assembly and House of Representatives, and the timber and caliber of PDP, now in APC, even including the former Vice Presidential candidate coming into our party.
“So you can see that we are expanding. I don’t want to reveal our secret, but what I’m telling you is that APC 2027 is a done deal.”
Ganduje further disclosed that “more governors are coming into APC, I assure you, and places where we have election, APC, Insha Allah will win those elections.
Speaking on behalf of the decampees, Senator Kawu said, “this is the coming together of like-minds in NNPP Kano state.”
Speaking on the impact of his defection, Kawu said, “I will refer you to 2023 general election. Go and check the results. I mean the presidential, senatorial, and House of Representatives elections, where we contested the same day, the same polling unit with Kwankwaso. That will give you the answer to your question. You will see my result, his (Kwankwaso) result, and various members of the House of Representatives on that very day.
“Then the subsequent election, the senatorial and state assembly members, you will see the difference and you will understand what we are telling you.”