Kwankwaso’s APC Deal: Are Ganduje and Shettima the Sacrificial Lambs?

Following the abrupt departure of Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, a close friend of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Buba Galadima, has claimed that there is more to the political realignment than first appears.
Galadima stated in an interview with the Saturday Punch that although he was not formally aware of Kwankwaso’s intentions to defect to the APC, he was aware of a high-level meeting that purportedly sealed Ganduje’s and maybe Vice President Kashim Shettima’s destiny.
“I don’t know about the defection plan,” Galadima stated. But I’m aware that Ganduje and Kwankwaso are dealing with personal problems. I am,

equally conscious that three days ago, the presidency and APC stakeholders met and decided that Ganduje and Shettima should be sacrificed in order to elect a new group of people to the party and government.

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Since Shettima has so far kept a low profile in the face of recent party reorganizations, the accusation has further muddled the political landscape ahead of 2027.

Ladipo Johnson, the spokesperson for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), refused to provide a firm response when Saturday Punch contacted the party for comment.

Johnson remarked, “I am not aware of such a move, and I cannot speak further on it at this time.”

The NNPP’s 2023 presidential candidate, Kwankwaso, has not yet publicly confirmed or refuted the rumor of defection.