About 1,331 loyal supporters of Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have reportedly joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano.
News About Nigeria reports that defectors cut across the 11 wards of Dawakin-Tofa LGA of the state — the same LGA as Ganduje.
Hashimu Dungurawa, chairman of NNPP in Kano, commended the members for their intelligence and creativity during a reception in Dawakin-Tofa LGA.
Isyaku Kwa, a leader of the defectors, cited Ganduje’s failure to bring development to Dawakin-Tofa LGA during his eight-year term as governor, the primary reason for their exit.
Kwa stated that Ganduje’s leadership shortcomings extended beyond local governance to national party management, where allegations of anti-party activities in the 2023 elections ultimately led to his son’s unsuccessful bid for the House of Representatives.
“We learn 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 eye 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 simple to collect his own share from the disposable income.
“Prominent among the former APC leaders now embrace 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.”
