POLITICAL SHAKE-UP IN KANO: 21 LAWMAKERS DEFECT TO APC
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By: Fasasi Hammad
Twenty-one members of the Kano State House of Assembly have defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), signaling a significant political realignment in the state.
The announcement came on Monday, shortly after Governor Abba Yusuf formally resigned from the NNPP following a visit to President Bola Tinubu at the State House in 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 party as the reasons for his departure.
Yusuf’s defection was accompanied by 21 state lawmakers, eight members of the House of Representatives, and all 44 local government chairmen across Kano State.
Key figures among the defectors include the Speaker of the House, Jibril Ismail Falgore (Rogo), and the Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado). Also joining the APC are the Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain (Dala); Deputy Majority Leader, Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya); and Chief Whip, Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso).
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Other lawmakers who switched allegiance include Zakariyya Abdullahi Nuhu (Gabasawa), 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), 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), and Ali Abdullahi Manager (Wudil).
Reacting to Governor Yusuf’s defection, the national leader of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, condemned the move as a betrayal, declaring January 23 as “World Betrayal Day.” Kwankwaso had played a key role in Yusuf’s election as Kano State governor in 2023 through the Kwankwasiyya political movement.
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