1,000 NNPP members join APC in Kano
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The group’s leader, Aminu Minjibir, said they had worked tirelessly for the success of the Kwankwasiyya Movement but regretted that the NNPP was not doing enough for the people of Kano State.
By Aminu Garko
Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin has received over 1,000 members of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) and Kwankwasiyya Movement who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State.
Senator Jibrin received the defectors at the Fine Time Events Centre in Kano.
The defectors cited numerous interventions by President Bola Tinubu and Sen. Barau Jibrin as the reason for their decision, according to a statement issued by Special Adviser to Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir on Sunday .
Mudashir said the group’s leader, Aminu Minjibir, said they had worked tirelessly for the success of the Kwankwasiyya Movement but regretted that the NNPP was not doing enough for the people of Kano State.
While receiving the defectors, Sen. Jibrin, described their decision to join the APC as the best course of action.
The Deputy Senate President also noted that NNPP’s fortunes were on a downward slide.
He commended the defectors for making the right decision, saying the APC is the largest party in Africa and is doing well in human development.( NAN)
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