‘Over 1,300 Ganduje allies’ ditch APC for NNPP in Kano

At least 1,331 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Abdullahi Ganduje, the party’s national chairman, have reportedly defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

The defectors cut across the 11 wards of Dawakin-Tofa — Ganduje’s LGA.

Speaking at a grand reception in Dawakin-Tofa LGA, Hashimu Dungurawa, NNPP chairman in Kano, commended the kinsmen for their ingenuity.

Isyaku Kwa, leader of the defectors, said Ganduje’s inability to develop Dawakin-Tofa during his eight-year tenure as governor of Kano, was the main reason for their defection.

The NNPP chairman assured the defectors that Rabiu Kwankwaso, NNPP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, would provide them with equal opportunities within the party and lead the charge in socio-economic and infrastructural development in Kano.

He said NNPP remains firmly in control of its party structure across all wards, adding that defectors to APC are merely opportunistic “419” individuals seeking personal gains from their recruiters.

“We learnt one APC man has been receiving members of NNPP into APC. Let me remind the Abuja man that we have checked the roll call of our members and we have not noticed any reduction in the volume of our numerical strength,” Dungurawa said.

“Perhaps, I need to advise the Abuja APC man to shine his eyes and beware of 419 people coming to collect the public fund in his disposal in the name of decampees.

“In anyway, we would not blame anyone claiming to have decamped from NNPP to APC simply to collect his own share from the disposable income.

“Prominent among the former APC leaders now embracing NNPP include former Vice Chairman, Dawakin-Tofa local government area, Malam Isyaku Dahiru Kwa; former state house of assembly aspirant, Hon. Audu Magaji Tumfafi; Bashir Musa Sani, APC Youth Leader for Takai Organization among others.”