More pro-Kwankwaso appointees resign from Yusuf’s cabinet

Following the defection of Governor Abba Yusuf to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, more political appointees, loyal to the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, have resigned from their positions.

Their decision to quit the cabinet follows the disagreement between Yusuf and his benefactor Kwankwaso. 

The Governor moved to APC against Kwankwaso’s approval, insisting it was in a “broader interest of Kano state.”

Commissioners of Internal Security and Special Services, Ibrahim Umar and Special Duties, Nasiru Sule Garo, on Tuesday tendered resignation letters, in clear opposition to the Governor’s new political realignment.

In his resignation letter to the Secretary to the State Government, Garo said his decision to resign was taken after due consideration.

 Ibrahim Umar also wrote: “I write with profound gratitude and a deep sense of duty to formally tender my resignation from my position as the Commissioner for Internal Security and Special Services, Kano State, with immediate effect.”

Their resignations come after the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, the son of the NNPP national leader, resigned his appointment and membership of the State Executive Council few hours to the Governor’s defection.

Also on the resignation list are Director-General of the Kano Pilgrims Board, Alhaji Laminu Rabiu and the Managing Director of the Kano State Roads Maintenance Agency (KARMA), Hassan Danbappa.

 Amid a crowd of APC supporters and loyal Kwankwasiyya followers, Governor Yusuf rejoined the ruling party on Monday with 22 of the 24-member House of Assembly, nine of the 14 NNPP federal lawmakers and all 44 local government council chairmen for which Kwankwaso accused the Governor of betrayal.