Governor Ganduje takes action to prevent Shekarau from dumping the APC

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, paid a surprise visit to Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, a former governor of the state, on Friday, amid the defection storm currently raging in the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
 
In the battle for the APC structure in Kano State, Shekarau, a senator representing Kano Central District, was defeated by Ganduje.
 
A reliable source who asked to remain anonymous said that Governor Ganduje was at the Mundubawa home in Shekarau on Friday evening.
 
Governor Ganduje, he claims, has just gone. They went inside and had a conversation, but no one knows what they talked about.
 
As of the time of publication, neither Governor Ganduje nor Senator Shekarau’s supporters could confirm what happened during the meeting.
 
Ali Makoda, who is the Chief of Staff for Governor Ganduje, is leading other important Kano North politicians to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). This is part of a wave of politicians leaving the ruling party.
 
Makoda confirmed his defection, saying he’d joined Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s NNPP. Badamasi Ayuba, who represented the Dambatta/Makoda Federal Constituency, Murtala Kore, who represented Dambatta in the state House of Assembly, and Abdullahi Wango, who was in charge of the Dambatta local council, all left the party.
 
Others are Ahmed Speaker, Najib Abdussalam, the state Auditor of the APC, Umar Maitsidau, the zonal APC Youth Leader, Halliru Danga Maigari, the former chairman of Makoda Local Government, Halliru Danga Maigari, the former member of the House of Assembly representing Rimingado/Tofa, and Hafizu Sani Maidaji, the former member of the House of Assembly representing Dam
 
Safiyanu Harbau, a former member of the House of Representatives representing Tsanyawa/Kunchi Federal Constituency, and Habiba Yandalla, the immediate past APC Women’s Leader, are among those who have defected.