2027 Elections: Kwankwaso Denies Plans to Dump His Party

According to Rabiu Kwakwanso, the former governor of Kano State, he has never made the decision to join the All Progressives Congress.

Regarding his requirements for joining the APC for the general elections in 2027, Kwankaso has recently made headlines. One of the party’s original members, he was reportedly instructed to rejoin the APC by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently.

This comes as political rumors circulated early Friday morning that the former defense minister had already started private discussions with the APC’s national chairman and had made formal overtures to the party.

In a personally signed statement sent Friday via his media team, Kwankwaso denied the allegations, calling them “online statements” devoid of basis or veracity.

The statement said, “We have received news reports indicating that we have sent in a letter of intent to join a national political party,

To be clear, we have not submitted anything of that nature to any party. As a result, the public is encouraged to follow the established official channels for any updates on our situation,” he continued.

Senator Kwankwaso reportedly expressed interest in joining the APC in a “discreet” letter to the party’s national secretariat earlier Friday, according to reports from political sources inside the party.

The sources also said that Kwankwaso and the APC National Chairman were still in talks, which sparked a lot of comments on social media and in party caucuses.

According to insiders, both parties may be maintaining communication as 2027 approaches and the APC is allegedly considering a more extensive northern consolidation, even though no official letter has yet been exchanged.

Though silence and denial are frequently the quiet before a planned storm in Nigerian politics, Kwankwaso insists that no action has been taken as of yet.