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Kano Gov, Abba Yusuf Meets Tinubu Amidst Defection Rumour

Kano Gov, Abba Yusuf Meets Tinubu Amidst Defection Rumour
  • PublishedJanuary 19, 2026

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, is currently at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.

The governor was spotted making his way to the President’s office at 4:13pm local time.

The meeting comes amid heightened speculation over Yusuf’s planned defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, a move that has been postponed multiple times since early January.

The governor’s visit to the Villa is his first known audience with President Tinubu since returning from Abu Dhabi, where the President attended the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.

More details later…..