10,000 Kwankwaso Supporters Defect From PDP To APC, As They Burn Red Caps In Kano

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The Kwankwasiyya Group may be in trouble in Kano as over 10,000 supporters of Kwankwaso red cap loyalists has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for All Progressives Congress (APC), Wednesday in Kano State and they openly burnt their red caps.

Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, the Chairman of APC in the state, while receiving the defectors, described the event which took place at Sani Abacha Stadium as historic and an indication that the Kwankwasiyya and the PDP are dead and buried in Kano.

“Today, they have come to join us and we have received them with open hands. In our great party, there is no discrimination. They will be accorded the same treatment just like any one of us.”

“We are happy to receive the tricycle riders who have realised that there is no hope where they were.

“With what is happening now, you will agree with me that come 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Abdullahi Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will have a landslide victory in Kano.”

Speaking on the development, ThisDay Newspaper reports that Alhaji Muktar Sule Garo, the Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, in Kano State, stated that, about 6500 members of Kwankwasiyya Tricycle operators and 3500 members of PDP Tricycle operators defected to the APC.

“Thousands of Kwankwasiyya and PDP loyalists are gathered in this place to show their disaffection on the ideals and ideology of their leader, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso.

“The defectors have come to join the struggle of restoring true democracy under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari at the centre and Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje here in Kano.

“What you have seen here today is the beginning of the total annihilation of the Kwankwasiyya Group and the red-cap followers.

“Already, plans have been concluded to receive more of these groups from market women, tea sellers, mechanics, baked beans sellers, soft drinks hawkers, vulcanizers and many other groups.”

“There is no doubt that Kano is ready to deliver over five million votes to President Muhammadu Buhari. The people are happy with the achievements of Governor Ganduje’s administration and they are ready to appreciate him at the polls.”

In the same vien, Malam Muhammad Garba, the Kano state Commissioner for Information, Youths and Culture, described the event as memorable, adding that the state government was impressed by the development.

“Most of the decampees were members of the APC who went on sabbatical, but today, they have realised that there is no road where they were. They are back and we welcome them with open hands.

“You can also agree with me that Kwankwasiyya is dead in Kano. We are expecting more people to join the progressives. I must tell you that Kano will soon record yet another massive defection of the opposition into our great party, the APC.”

Alhaji Usama Haruna Dala, leader of the tricycle operators in the state, while responding on behalf of the defectors, said that, “our defection today is as a result of our conviction that Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has given Kano the kind of development we deserve and he is ready to do more.

“We are also happy with the change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari. We believe in APC, we believe in Ganduje, we believe in Buhari. In 2019, Insha Allah, APC is the winning party.”

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