21 Kano Lawmakers Dump NNPP for APC, Follow Governor Yusuf

Mohammed kabir

Following the defection and subsequent e-registration of Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, to the All Progressives Congress (APC), no fewer than 21 members of the Kano State House of Assembly have also defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the APC, signalling a major political realignment in the state.

The lawmakers announced their defection on Monday, shortly after Governor Yusuf formally resigned from the NNPP, a development that followed his recent visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
In his resignation letter addressed to the chairman of the Diso-Chiranchi Ward in Gwale Local Government Area, Governor Yusuf attributed his exit from the NNPP to what he described as “deepening internal crises” and “prolonged leadership disputes” within the party.
The governor’s move to the APC was carried out alongside the 21 state lawmakers, eight members of the House of Representatives, as well as all the 44 local government chairmen across Kano State.
Among the prominent lawmakers who defected are the Speaker of the House, Jibril Ismail Falgore (Rogo), and the Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado).
Also leaving the NNPP are the Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain (Dala); the Deputy Majority Leader, Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya); and the Chief Whip, Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso).
Other members of the House who joined the APC include Zakariyya Abdullahi Nuhu (Gabasawa), Lawal Tini (Ajingi), Musa Tahir Haruna (Albasu), Ali Lawan Alhassan (Bagwai/Shanono), Ali Muhammad Tiga (Bebeji), Hafiz Gambo (Bunkure), and Rabiu Shuaibu (Dawakin Kudu).
The list of defectors also features Tukur Mohammed (Fagge), Murtala Muhammad Kadage (Garko), Abdulmajid Isah Umar (Gwale), 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).
Reacting to Governor Yusuf’s defection, the national leader of the NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, described the development as a betrayal and declared January 23 as “World Betrayal Day.”
Kwankwaso played a key role in Yusuf’s emergence as governor of Kano State during the 2023 general election through the Kwankwasiyya political movement.