Defection: APC suspends e-registration in Kano on Tinubu’s order, says Doguwa

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of the graduation of the All Progressives Congress’ digital registration train in Kano State.

The directive was disclosed by a member of the Home of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, in a 27-second video extensively circulated on social media on Saturday.

Within the video, Doguwa mentioned the choice was taken by the APC nationwide management following an order from President Tinubu.

“The management of the APC on the nationwide stage, appearing on the directive of President Bola Tinubu, has ordered that the graduation of the APC e-registration in Kano be stopped,” the lawmaker mentioned.

Doguwa, who represents Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency, is a rating APC chieftain in Kano and at the moment serves as Chairman of the Home Committee on Petroleum Assets (Upstream) in addition to the Particular Committee on Oil Theft/Losses within the tenth Nationwide Meeting.

The event comes barely per week after the Kano State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Hon. Ahmed Aruwa, advised PidomNigeria that the social gathering was set to flag off the e-registration train within the state.

Aruwa mentioned the APC was anticipating the previous governor of Kano State and nationwide chief of the social gathering, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to be within the state for the train.

“We’re absolutely ready for the graduation of the e-registration, and we expect our chief, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to be in Kano for the official flag-off.

“The registration is a part of efforts to strengthen the social gathering’s construction and develop its membership base throughout the state,” Aruwa mentioned.

Explaining the sudden halt, Doguwa advised that the choice was linked to ongoing political developments involving the Kano State Governor.

“What’s going to you do if Tinubu says he has accepted Abba? Properly, immediately he accepted him.

“The plan was to begin accumulating the APC e-registration register tomorrow, however the President and the nationwide management of the APC mentioned to pause and wait till Abba formally defects, as he would be the first to gather the membership card,” the lawmaker mentioned.

Though the APC has but to difficulty an official assertion explaining the suspension, the event comes amid heightened political stress and hypothesis surrounding the potential defection of Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the APC.

For weeks, the Kano political area has been awash with rumours of ongoing high-level consultations involving the governor, high APC figures, and influential political stakeholders in Abuja and Kano, with claims that Yusuf could also be contemplating a change forward of the 2027 basic elections.

The rumours had been additional fuelled by stories of intense political conferences and alleged administrative slowdowns inside the Kano State Authorities, which opposition figures attributed to preparations for a potential political realignment.

Whereas the state authorities and the NNPP management have neither confirmed nor denied the defection claims, political analysts imagine the reported halt of the APC registration train could also be linked to ongoing negotiations aimed toward managing inner social gathering dynamics within the state.

The event has additional deepened political intrigue in Kano, a key battleground state whose political path is anticipated to have vital implications for nationwide politics forward of the 2027 basic elections.