Defection: NNPP flags removed from Kano Govt House

Kano gov, Abba Yusuf

There was calm but increased security in Kano State yesterday following Governor Abba Yusuf’s defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

There was, however, no official speech by the governor, his aides and the state government on the development.

A formal ceremony to herald his defection, which was initially scheduled for yesterday, also did not take place.

Yusuf was not in the Government House, where The Nation sighted some political aides removing NNPP’s flag at the main entrance. They hung the Nigerian Green –White- Green national flag in the place of NNPP’s.

The NNPP flag at the Deputy Governor’s Office was also removed. Nation