A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State has decamped to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) six days before the 2023 presidential election.
The defectors were reportedly received on Sunday by the NNPP Vice Presidential candidate, Bishop Isaac Idahosa.
The NNPP campaign council spokesman, Sunusi Dawakin Tofa, confirmed the development in a statement issued yesterday, stating that Idahosa and the national chairman of the party, Rufa’i Alkali, gave the defectors a warm welcome at a ceremony held in Kano.
In his address, the PDP factional leader, Shehu Sagagi, claimed they dumped the party due to a lack of internal democracy and nepotism by its national leadership, said the statement.
According to him, the defectors include 36 state executive members, over 700 local government executives, 8,000 ward executives, 44 national delegates and 1,452 ward delegates.
“Politics is a game of numbers. We are optimistic that the NNPP presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will take us to victory at both the national and state level,” Peoples Gazette quoted Sagagi saying.
He added: “The PDP sabotaged itself in states like Kano by allowing the likes of Senator Kwankwaso to defect in spite of his massive followership not only in the state but the nation at large.”
“To us, this is a homecoming, we are real politicians, and we have joined a political party that plays real politics. I am happy to rejoin Senator Kwankwaso once again a year after our departure.”
 in Kano State has decamped to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) six days before the 2023 presidential election.){kind=link}