Jibrin defects to NNPP despite Tinubu’s intervention in rift with Ganduje

The Director-General of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Support Groups Management Council, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).

Jibrin left the APC to contest for the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency seat of the House of Representatives on the platform of the NNPP after failing out with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

WesternPost had reported that Jibrin in a tweet on May 7, announced he was leaving the APC, promising his next party within the next 24 hours following his inability to get a return ticket for the House of Representatives seat.

It was alleged that Governor Ganduje has not forgiven Jibrin for working against his re-election for second term in 2019.

Jibrin was elected for third term in the lower chamber of the National Assembly in 2019 to represent Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency, but lost the seat to a PDP contender in November 2019 after a Court of Appeal judgment annulled his victory and ordered for a rerun.

The PDP candidate was reportedly supported by Ganduje to defeat Jibrin and since then, both men have been politically opposed to each other even though they are both reportedly supporting the presidential aspiration of Asiwaju Tinubu.

Tinubu however stepped in and reached out to Ganduje with a view to solving the impasse.

In that regard, the Kano State APC Chairman, issued a statement where he said Ganduje has ordered that the issue be resolved.

WesternPost further reported that the governor and Jibrin were scheduled to meet on Sunday with a view to reach a truce.

Jibrin’s move to NNPP however shows that the matter could not be resolved, forcing the former lawmaker to the party led by former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso.