Following the defection of Governor Abba Yusuf to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, more political appointees loyal to the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, have resigned their positions.
The resignations are linked to the growing rift between the governor and his political benefactor, Kwankwaso, over Yusuf’s decision to dump the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Governor Yusuf defected to the APC without the approval of Kwankwaso, insisting that the move was in the broader interest of Kano State.
On Tuesday, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Special Services, Ibrahim Umar, and the Commissioner for Special Duties, Nasiru Sule Garo, tendered their resignation letters, openly opposing the governor’s new political alignment.
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In his letter addressed to the Secretary to the State Government, Garo said his decision was taken after careful consideration.
Umar, in his resignation letter, wrote: “I write with profound gratitude and a deep sense of duty to formally tender my resignation from my position as Commissioner for Internal Security and Special Services, Kano State, with immediate effect.”
Their exits followed the earlier resignation of the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, son of the NNPP national leader, who quit the State Executive Council hours before the governor’s defection.
Also affected by the wave of resignations are the Director-General of the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Laminu Rabiu, and the Managing Director of the Kano State Roads Maintenance Agency (KARMA), Hassan Danbappa.
Governor Yusuf rejoined the APC on Monday amid a large gathering of party supporters and loyalists of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, alongside 22 of the 24 members of the Kano State House of Assembly, nine of the 14 NNPP federal lawmakers and all 44 local government chairmen — a development Kwankwaso described as an act of betrayal.
