Barring any last-minute decision, Governor Yusuf will join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to secure his ambition for a second term, The Guardian reliably gathered. Hashim Dungurawa, said that Kwankwaso is not part of Governor Yusuf’s decision to join APC. Dungurawa warned all party leaders not to join any move to endorse or sign any document that would signal a defection from NNPP to APC. However, some strong loyalists of the governor have mobilised party members to front the official defection of Yusuf to the APC. At engagements across their constituencies on Sunday, aides to the governor declared their readiness to join the APC.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2025 14:13 UTC