EXCLUSIVE: NNPP Crisis Deepens as Governor Yusuf Shuns Kwankwaso’s Instructions, Summons
The Governor of Kano State Abba Kabir Yusuf has defied the orders of his godfather to sack the Secretary to the State Government Abdullahi Baffa Bichi and the Commissioner of Transportation Muhammad Diggol.
The governor has also shunned a meeting with the NNPP National leader Rabiu Kwankwaso at his Miller Road residence by sending a letter to notify the leader that he has an official function to attend to in the Federal Capital Territory.
It would be recalled that the duo were suspended from the New Nigeria People’s Party by the State Chairman Hashimu Sulaiman Dungurawa accusing them of creating chaos in the party and disloyalty.
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Shortly after the announcement, a video went viral where Governor Yusuf was seen leading a reconciliation meeting between Baffa Bichi and the NNPP Chairmanship flagbearer Hamza Maifata at the Government House.
During the meeting, Bichi restated his commitment and loyalty to the governor and assured him that the feud between him and the warring parties in his local government had come to an end.
He further distanced himself from a group calling on the governor to abandon his godfather Rabiu Kwankwaso to stand on his feet “Abba tsaya da kafar ka”.
It is a group that is agitating for the governor’s independence over alleged influence of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Politics Digest exclusively gathered that while the governor was invited to a meeting with the NNPP leader at his Miller Road residence, he shunned it and jetted out to Abuja.
Yusuf later sent a letter to the NNPP leader notifying him that he would not be present in the meeting as he would be away to attend to some official functions.
The letter was delivered to the Miller Road residence by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant Administration II.
