2027: Ex-Chief of staff to APC National Chairman defect to NDC - Businessday NG

APC chairman’s ex-aide joins NDC

Mustapha Bala Dawaki, former Chief of Staff to APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda, defected to the NDC and was received by Kwankwasiyya founder Rabiu Kwankwaso in Kano, one week after failing to secure the APC consensus ticket for Dawakin Kudu/Warawa. The move signals accelerating pre-2027 realignments in Kano, where opposition consolidation around the Kwankwasiyya bloc could shift federal constituency dynamics and complicate APC's ticket negotiations.