The Jan 11 graduation and empowerment ceremony for 2,260 Kano youths turned into a political flashpoint. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf rolled out the “pilot phase” of a plan to train 50,000 youths and boost digital literacy, but the front‑row seating chart told a different story – key Kwankwasiyya figures like Mustapha Kwankwaso and STI Commissioner Dr. Yusuf Kofarmata were conspicuously absent, signaling a coordinated protest against the governor’s shifting alliances .
Appearing alongside the court‑validated NNPP factional chairman Abdullahi Zubairu Abiya, Yusuf’s warm reception of Abiya is being read as a public endorsement of a new party leadership that sidelines the embattled Hashimu Dungurawa
Meanwhile, a heavy security around the Government House on Jan 12 only amplified the suspense over Yusuf’s rumored defection to the APC, a move that could reshape Kano’s political landscape ahead of the 2027 elections.
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