Big blow for Kano NNPP as 21 lawmakers decamp to APC

Twenty-one members of the Kano State House of Assembly have officially left the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The lawmakers made the announcement on Monday, adding to a growing wave of defections in the state.

This move follows a larger shift in the party landscape in Kano, where about 774 NNPP members recently defected to the APC in Rimin Gado Local Government Area.

The defections come shortly after Governor Abba Yusuf resigned from the NNPP, which has intensified the political realignment in the state.

The governor cited protracted internal crises and legal disputes that he said have weakened the party’s cohesion nationwide.

Governor Yusuf is to officially join the APC on Monday.

The lawmakers that defected on Monday include the Speaker, Jibril Ismail Falgore representing Rogo, Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado) Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain (Dala), Deputy Majority Leader, Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya), Chief Whip Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso) and the Majority Whip, Zakariyya Abdullahi Nuhu (Gabasawa).

Others are Lawal Tini (Ajingi), Musa Tahir Haruna (Albasu), Ali Lawan Alhassan (Bagwai/Shanono), Ali Muhammad Tiga (Bebeji), Hafiz Gambo (Bunkure), Rabiu Shuaibu (Dawakin Kudu), Tukur Mohammed (Fagge) and Murtala Muhammad Kadage (Garko).

Also in the list are Abdulmajid Isah Umar (Gwale), Engr. Ahmad Ibrahim (Karaye) Alhassan Zakari (Kura/Garun Malam), Suleiman Mukhtar Ishaq (Madobi), Abdulhamid Abdul (Minjibir), Muhammad Ibrahim (Rano), Kabiru Sule Dahiru (Tarauni) and Ali Abdullahi Manager (Wudil).

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