Full List: Speaker, 20 Others Officially Dump NNPP For APC

Twenty-one members of the Kano State House of Assembly have officially defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Naijaonpoint reports that the lawmakers announced their defection on Monday, deepening the political realignment in the state following Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s resignation from the NNPP.

The defections came days after about 774 members of the NNPP reportedly dumped the party for the APC in Rimin Gado Local Government Area.

The wave of defections followed Yusuf’s decision to leave the NNPP, citing protracted internal crises and lingering legal disputes which, according to him, have weakened the party’s cohesion nationwide.

Governor Yusuf is expected to formally register with the APC later on Monday.

Among the lawmakers who defected are the Speaker of the House, Jibril Ismail Falgore (Rogo); Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado); Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain (Dala); Deputy Majority Leader, Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya); Chief Whip, Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso); and Majority Whip, Zakariyya Abdullahi Nuhu (Gabasawa).

Others who announced their defection include 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); and Murtala Muhammad Kadage (Garko).

Also on the list are Abdulmajid Isah Umar (Gwale); Engr. 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).