Governor Umar Namadi has declared that the opposition in Jigawa State has effectively collapsed following a wave of defections by prominent political leaders and thousands of their supporters from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and other opposition parties into the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governor made the declaration on Wednesday at the Government House, Dutse, while receiving defectors from different parts of the state, including the entire state leadership structure of the NNPP led by Shehu Garu, over 500 PDP members from Maigatari Local Government Area led by Safiyanu Arab, and 1,212 PDP members from Kaugama Local Government Area who were led by the Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Ahmed Mohammed Kaugama.
Addressing the new APC members, Governor Namadi described the mass defections as a clear demonstration of the growing confidence of the people in the policies, leadership and developmental strides of his administration.
He said the defection of the entire NNPP structure across the state marked a turning point in Jigawa’s political landscape.
“Today, the entire structure of the NNPP in Jigawa State, across all 27 local government areas, has collapsed into the APC. Therefore, there is no longer any issue about the NNPP, ADC, or any other party—they have all ceased to exist here.
