Ganduje’s Son Pays Surprise Visit To Kwankwaso

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

Abdul-Aziz Umar Ganduje, a son of the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Dr Abdullahi  Ganduje, on Thursday, February 5, 2026, paid a surprise visit to the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement in Kano, Senator Rabiu  Kwankwaso.

The Source reports that the sudden visit is coming amidst the growing mutual disagreements and tension between the camps of Ganduje and Kwankwaso over the defection of Governor Kabiru Yusuf to the APC.

The Kano State Governor, an eirstwhile protege of the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in 2023 general elections, against all expectations, had, a couple of weeks ago, ditched the NNPP and his long-standing mentor, Senator Kwankwaso, to join forces with the APC and  Dr Ganduje, a long-standing political foe of the Kwankwasiyya Movement leader.

The two  antagonizing camps have been engaged in a bitter exchange of brickbats in the last few weeks as a direct fallout from the Kano State Governor’s defection.

Senator Kwankwaso is believed to be greatly infuriated that after years of painful struggle to wrest power from Ganduje in Kano, Governor Yusuf, by his defection has handed over the diadem to the former National Chairman of APC on a platter.

Although no official statement has emerged from the surprise visit, however, photographs shared on Facebook by Kwankwaso’s spokesperson Saifullah Hassan, showed Abdul-Aziz Ganduje decked in a flowing,  agbada with the Kwankansiyya trademark white and red colour, being warmly received by Senator Kwankwaso at his private residence in Kano.

The young Ganduje was accompanied on the visit by the Kano State Deputy Governor, Comrade Aminu Abdulssalam Gwarzo who incidentally has been facing a serious political heat over his refusal to defect to the APC with  the Governor.

As would be expected, the pictures of the visit have since sparked serious debates, particularly among keen watchers of the festering political squabble between Kwankwaso and the older Ganduje, with not a few perceiving the development as a probable prelude to the possible final defection of the Kwankwasiyya movement leader to the APC.