The African Democratic Congress in Katsina State has been thrown into fresh turmoil following the resignation of two prominent governorship aspirants who contested the party’s 2026 governorship ticket.
The two politicians, former Katsina State Secretary to the Government, Dr Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa, and former Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Musa Daura, announced their exits separately on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
While Inuwa defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress with thousands of his supporters, Daura joined the Allied Peoples Movement.
Inuwa, a veteran Katsina politician and former SSG, was the first of the two to announce his resignation from the opposition ADC.
He served as Commissioner for Education between 2003 and 2006 before becoming SSG during the administration of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. He later returned as SSG under former Governor Aminu Bello Masari, serving from 2015 to 2022.
