APC National Chairman Announces Strong Position for Ganduje
- APC national chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, has announced his predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as the co-chairman of the party
- He further said that President Bola Tinubu had directed him to collaborate with the former Kano governor in moving the party forward
- The APC national chairman made the comment while speaking during his condolence visit to Ganduje over his mother's death
Nentawe Yilwatda, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has announced his immediate past predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as the ruling party's 'co-chairman'.
He explained that his administration would heavily rely on the guidance, experience, and politican networks of the former governor of Kano to strengthen and consolidate the ruling party.
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Nentawe Yilwatda discloses Tinubu's directive about APC
Yilwatda then referred to himself as an APC coordinator and disclosed that President Bola Tinubu had directed that he should collaborate closely with the past national chairman.
The APC senior official made the comment while speaking at his condolence visit to Ganduje over the death of his mother at his predecessor's residence in Abuja on August 27, 2025.
The APC national chairman's comment read in part:
“My doors are open, the office is open, the partnership remains open, and the friendship remains open. So never lock your door against me, and I know you will not because we have worked together long before this time.
"Moreover, by experience and by virtue of politics, you have been there long before me. Since the time of the NPN, you have been part of the political scene. At that time, I was only in primary school. I recall that we used to see Governor Rimi come to Jos in the 70s and 80s to visit Solomon Lar. One day, he came to commission a project at my school. I was just in Form 2, waving at them along with my classmates — I never knew what politics truly meant. By then, people like you had already mastered the ropes of politics, while we didn’t even know the definition of politics.
“So I need your experience. I need your guidance. The learning curve still rests with you. I will depend heavily on your experience, your connections, and your contacts to ensure we solidify this party and build it together, so that we can win more elections.”
APC chairman speaks on Kwankwaso dumping NNPP
This came days after Yilwatda commented on the rumour of the 2023 New Nigeria Peoples Party's presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso's defection, adding that the door of the party is open for the Kano-born politician, who gathered millions of votes to come fourth in the 2023 presidential election.
He made the comment while speaking on Channels TV shortly after his emergence as the ruling party's national chairman on Thursday, July 24. During the interview, he was asked about Kwankwaso's possible interview and said the doors of the APC are always open.
His response reads in part:
“Our doors are open. When everybody’s time is due, it will manifest itself, and that is also for everybody who has come back to the APC.”
Kwankwaso and Ganduje have been two political enemies in the politics of Kano. They both worked together as governor and deputy governor in the northwest state until the former handed over power to the latter.
There were speculations that the former national chairman of the ruling party had resigned because of his rival's planned defection.
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Analyst speaks on APC performance in bye-election
Omotayo Yusuf, a political commentator, in an exclusive interview with Legit.ng, rated the ruling party high and pointed lack of organisation in the opposition parties.
He made the disclosure while commenting on the parties' preparation for the 2027 elections based on the outcome of the recent bye-elections. He said:
"The outcome of the bye-election showed how prepared the APC is and how the PDP, Labour Party and ADC are still struggling to find their feat. At the moment, the APC may come stronger in the 2027 election than the opposition."
Akwa Ibom APC leaders visit President Tinubu
Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu had played host to Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom and Nigeria's Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the presidential villa on July 18.
The presidency announced the visit from the politicians in a tweet, adding that Eno was now the leader of the APC in Akwa Ibom state. He recently dumped the PDP for the ruling party, becoming the second within two months to have done so.
Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at Legit.ng.
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