Abdulaziz Ganduje, the eldest son of former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has returned to the party after three months in the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.
APC officials and members formally received Abdullahi back on Sunday at the Ganduje Ward office in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state, where he re-collected his membership card.
Abdulaziz had earlier joined the NDC in the state and picked up its nomination form to contest the Dawakin Tofa/Tofa/Rimin Gado Federal Constituency seat.
Many people interpreted his move as aligning with the Kwankwasiyya movement of ex-governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, a long-time rival of his father.
However, his return to APC comes after the deadline for obtaining nomination forms had closed.
Kano politics has for years been shaped by the rivalry between Kwankwaso’s Kwankwasiyya movement and Ganduje’s APC.
Abdulaziz’s earlier defection was seen as a boost to the Kwankwasiyya movement.