Opposition Crumbles in Jigawa as Namadi Receives Mass Defections into APC

Opposition Crumbles in Jigawa as Namadi Receives Mass Defections into APC

Ibrahim Shuaibu in Dutse

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has declared that the opposition in the state has effectively collapsed following the defection of 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 ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The governor made the declaration while receiving separate batches of defectors at the Government House in Dutse on Thursday, describing the wave of defections as a significant political realignment and a reflection of growing public confidence in his administration’s leadership and development agenda.

Among the defectors were the entire Jigawa State leadership structure of the NNPP led by Alhaji Shehu Garu, over 500 PDP members from Maigatari Local Government Area led by Hon. Safiyanu Arab, and 1,212 PDP members from Kaugama Local Government Area led by the Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Kaugama.