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In a significant boost for the New Nigerian People’s Party, NNPP, in Kano State, no fewer than 1,331 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defected to the party on Thursday. The mass defection, which comprised mainly members from 11 wards of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, vows to work against the return of APC as the ruling party in the state.

Prominent former APC members, including a former vice chairman of the local government area, Malam Kwa, and a former state House of Assembly aspirant, Hon. Audu Tumfafi, joined NNPP during the defection ceremony, which took place at Dawakin-Tofa. Hashimu Dungurawa, state chairman of NNPP, commended the defectors for their decision and pledged that his party, led by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, will prioritize socio-economic and infrastructural development in Kano State.

In a further move, Dungurawa addressed rumors of massive defection of NNPP members to APC, declaring that NNPP remains a strong party with no decrease in membership numbers. “We’ve checked the membership roll, and there hasn’t been a reduction,” he assured. “To those attempting to defrauding members under the guise of defecting, beware of such schemes, aimed at looting public funds.”

Former vice chairman Kwa made allegations that ex-governor Abdullahi Ganduje, a local resident, failed to develop the area during his eight-year tenure. Ganduje’s handling of the APC party, according to Kwa, led to the ex-governor’s failure to win a seat in the 2023 general elections.

The unprecedented mass defection underscores NNPP’s growing strength and popularity in Kano State.