Former Kano state governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, is expected to take a decision on leaving the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) this week.
This was confirmed by his Spokesperson, Sule Yau, on Tuesday in an interview with Punch.
Yau was answering questions on the visit of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Abuja.
Shekarau was the presidential candidate of the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party in 2011 and one of the leaders of the party in the alliance talks with the leaders of the other legacy parties that resulted in the formation of the APC in 2013.
A founding member of the APC, he had moved to the NNPP with thousands of his supporters on May 18, following a disagreement with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State over the leadership of the party in the state.
But there was a disagreement between him and the national leadership of the NNPP and its presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over power sharing formula.
Yau said Shekarau and his group would explore the options ahead of the 2023 general election.
He said, “You see, various groups and people are making contacts with him; he has met with Peter Obi who visited him. Kashim Shettima has visited him. Atiku Abubakar has visited him twice and now Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is visiting him.
“So, we are collating all proposals after which we will sit down and analyse and then pick a position.
“So, the meeting with Tinubu does not mean he is returning to the APC, not at all.”
