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Kano Assembly Speaker, Deputy Speaker among 21 lawmakers who dumped NNPP
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Defection follows Governor Abba Yusuf’s resignation after Abuja visit
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APC consolidates power as federal lawmakers, LG chairmen also switch sides
No fewer than 21 members of the Kano State House of Assembly have defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), signalling a major political shift in the state.
The lawmakers announced their decision on Monday, shortly after Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf formally resigned from the NNPP following his recent visit to President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
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In his resignation letter addressed 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 exit.
The governor’s defection was carried out alongside the 21 state lawmakers, eight members of the House of Representatives, and all 44 local government chairmen across Kano State.
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Among the prominent lawmakers who joined the APC are the Speaker of the House, Jibril Ismail Falgore (Rogo), and the Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado).
Also defecting are the Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain (Dala); Deputy Majority Leader, Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya); and the Chief Whip, Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso).
Other lawmakers who crossed over to 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 also includes 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 the development, the national leader of the NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, described the defections as an act of betrayal and declared January 23 as “World Betrayal Day.”