Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, has arrived at the Presidential Villa in Abuja for a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
Yusuf was spotted in the Villa while making his way to Tinubu’s office.
The development comes amid speculation over Yusuf’s future in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and his planned defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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The move, which was meant to take place this month, has now been postponed several times.
The governor’s visit to the Villa is his first known audience with Tinubu since the President returned from Abu Dhabi, where he attended the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
Sources familiar with the negotiations had revealed that the defection stalled because the APC leadership refused to grant Yusuf’s demand for a documented assurance of an automatic gubernatorial ticket for the 2027 elections.
The governor is also reportedly seeking the right to nominate a minister to represent Kano State in the Federal Executive Council and the authority to replace Kano-based federal appointees with his loyalists.
According to reports, Yusuf’s demands have placed him on a collision course with powerful figures within the party, including Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, who is believed to be harbouring governorship ambitions for 2027.
