Two NNPP candidates for national assembly defect to APC in Zamfara

Ibrahim Shinkafi, Zamfara north senatorial candidate of the New Nigerians Peoples Party (NNPP), has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Shinkafi and Suleiman Garba, the party’s house of representatives candidate for Shinkafi/Zurmi constituency, were said to have been welcomed into the APC by Abdulaziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara, in Talata Marafa on Monday. 

Aside from the duo, according to a statement by Dahiru Mafara, Yari’s media assistant, Suleiman Galadi, the state’s NNPP treasurer, and Aminu Kanoma, coordinator of a PDP group, were also welcomed to the APC. 

“Kaura-Namoda and Zurmi Local Governments NNPP Chairmen were also among the defectors. The defectors also include the Coordinator of the foundation for the actualisation of PDP governorship candidate in 2023, Aminu Kanoma,” the statement reads. 

“Secretary and Treasurer of the foundation, Aminu Saminu and Hajiya Umulkhairi Aminu, respectively, had also joined the APC.”

According to NAN, Yari was represented at the event by Tukur Danfulani, the chairman, contact and mobilisation sub-committee of the APC governorship campaign council in the state.

Yari commended the defectors for their vision of joining the APC in the state and assured them of fair treatment.

Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Shinkafi said they decided to join the APC because of their belief in the leadership of Yari.