Kwankwaso lawmaker and three others abandon the NNPP in favor of the APC

Kwankwaso’s lawmaker and three others abandon the NNPP in favor of the APC

Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso’s local government area, Madobi, Hon. Kabiru Yusuf Isma’il, a member of the Kano State House of Assembly, has defected from the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State.

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According to a statement issued by the Kano State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, another member of the House, Hon. Mu’azzam El-Yakubu, who represents the Dawakin Kudu State constituency, has also abandoned Kwankwaso’s NNPP for the APC.

He said that a wave of defections has recently swept the NNPP, affecting members of the State and National Assemblies in particular.

Isa Ali, a member of the state assembly representing Bagwai/Shanono, has also rejoined the APC, according to Garba, days after defecting to the NNPP.

Hon. Murtala Musa Kore, a member of the Assembly representing Dambatta State constituency, also renounced his membership in the NNPP in order to remain in the APC.