Twenty-two members of the Kano State House of Assembly on Monday defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the All Progressives Congress.
The lawmakers announced the move during a plenary session, shortly after Governor Abba Yusuf formally resigned from the NNPP following a recent 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, Yusuf cited what he described as deepening internal crises and prolonged leadership disputes within the party.
Yusuf’s defection came alongside that of the 22 state lawmakers, eight members of the House of Representatives and all 44 local government chairmen in Kano State. Among the defectors are the Speaker of the House, Jibril Falgore (Rogo), and the Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Bello Butu Butu (Tofa/Rimin Gado).
Also leaving the NNPP are the Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain (Dala); the Deputy Majority Leader, Garba Shehu Fammar (Kibiya); and the Chief Whip, Muddasir Ibrahim Zawachiki (Kumbotso).
A video of the event, shared on X by user @Imranmuhdz, captured the formal proceedings in the assembly chamber, where Speaker Falgore called each member to speak and publicly announce their defection. Announcing his defection, Rep. 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).”
Other lawmakers who joined the APC include Zakariyya Abdullahi Nuhu (Gabasawa), Tukur Mohammed (Fagge), Lawal Tini (Ajingi), Musa Tahir Haruna (Albasu), Ali Lawan Alhassan (Bagwai/Shanono), Ali Muhammad Tiga (Bebeji), and Hafiz Gambo (Bunkure).
The list also includes 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).