Twenty-two members of the Kano State House of Assembly have officially defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC.
The lawmakers made the announcement during a plenary session on Monday, shortly after Governor Abba Yusuf formally resigned from the NNPP following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
In his resignation letter to the chairman of the Diso–Chiranchi Ward in Gwale Local Government Area, Governor Yusuf cited “deepening internal crises” and “prolonged leadership disputes” within the NNPP as reasons for his departure.
The defection included 22 state lawmakers, eight members of the House of Representatives, and all 44 local government chairmen in Kano State. Among the lawmakers who switched allegiance are Speaker Jibril Falgore (Rogo), Deputy Speaker Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado), Majority Leader Lawan Hussain (Dala), Deputy Majority Leader Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya), and Chief Whip Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso).
A video shared on X by user @Imranmuhdz showed the formal proceedings in the assembly chamber, where Speaker Falgore called each member to publicly announce their defection.
Representative Rabiu Shuaibu (Dawakin Kudu) said, “I, Shuaibu Rabiu, representing Dawakin Kudu, resign my membership of the NNPP to the APC with immediate effect from today (Monday).” Similarly, Tukur Mohammed (Fagge) confirmed his defection, stating, “Mr Speaker, I am here to confirm I am resigning my membership of the NNPP and joining the APC.”
Other lawmakers 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), 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 the mass defection, NNPP national leader Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso described the move as a betrayal, declaring January 23 as “World Betrayal Day.” Kwankwaso had played a key role in Governor Yusuf’s rise to power in the 2023 election through the Kwankwasiyya political movement.
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