Umar Namadi, Jigawa State Governor, has declared that the opposition in the State has suffered a major setback following the defection of the entire state leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and thousands of members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking at the Government House in Dutse on Tuesday and Wednesday while receiving the defectors, Namadi said the wave of defections reflected growing public confidence in his administration’s policies and development agenda.
Among those who joined the APC were the entire Jigawa State leadership structure of the NNPP led by Shehu Garu, more than 500 PDP members from Maigatari Local Government Area led by Safiyanu Arab, and 1,212 PDP members from Kaugama Local Government Area. The Kaugama group was presented by Ahmed Mohammed Kaugama, commissioner for Lands and Survey.
Namadi described the collapse of the NNPP structure across the State’s 27 Local Government Areas as a significant shift in Jigawa’s political landscape.
He said the development had effectively weakened the opposition, insisting that the APC had consolidated its position across the State.
