Twenty-one members of the Kano State Home of Meeting have formally defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Social gathering (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The lawmakers introduced their defection on Monday, coming days after about 774 members of the NNPP additionally dumped the celebration for the APC in Rimin Gado Native Authorities Space of the state.
The mass defections adopted Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s resignation from the NNPP. The governor cited extended inner crises and authorized disputes, which he stated had weakened the celebration’s cohesion nationwide.
Governor Yusuf is predicted to formally be a part of the APC on Monday.
Among the many lawmakers who defected are the Speaker of the Home, Jibril Ismail Falgore (Rogo); Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado); Majority Chief, Lawan Hussain (Dala); Deputy Majority Chief, Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya); Chief Whip, Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso); and Majority Whip, Zakariyya Abdullahi Nuhu (Gabasawa).
Others embrace 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).
Additionally on the checklist 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 Supervisor (Wudil).