There is suspicion over the political plans of Rufa’i Hanga, the sole senator of the opposition Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) from Kano State (Kano Central District), following a late Sunday meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
Mr Hanga, accompanied by former senator Kabiru Gaya, was led to the Presidential Villa by Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, who later described the engagement as “fruitful”.
Before the meeting with the president, Mr Hanga had also met the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, and Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf.
These successive high-profile engagements led political observers to conclude that the lawmaker was preparing to defect to the ruling APC, effectively breaking ties with his long-time political ally and Kwankwasiyya Movement leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
A rift reportedly broke between them after Mr Hanga failed to win a return ticket and was also bypassed for the NDC deputy governorship nomination.
