Hanga, Gaya, Doguwa Join APC with 136,038 Other Defectors in Kano
The APC said 136,038 defectors joined the party as former senators and other opposition figures aligned with President Bola Tinubu's campaign rollout.
- The APC launched President Bola Tinubu's campaign groups in Kano on Saturday, receiving 136,038 new members into the ruling party ahead of the 2027 elections.
- Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf's move to the APC triggered a mass realignment in recent months, prompting lawmakers and political appointees to abandon opposition parties for the ruling organization.
- Leading the influx were Rufai Sani Hanga, Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, and Senator Masud El-Jibrin Doguwa, alongside Former Speaker Isyaku Ali Danja and Special Adviser Senator Baraka Sani.
- Opposition figures Ali Datti Yako of the National Democratic Congress, Former Ungogo Local Government Chairman Badaru Umar, and NNPP Book Faction member Abdullahi Zubairu Abiya also joined the APC.
- The latest defectors include politicians who served in the Senate, House of Representatives, and state legislatures, consolidating the APC's political structure in Kano State ahead of 2027 polls.
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Hanga, Gaya, Doguwa join APC with 136,038 other defectors in Kano
Former senators Rufai Sani Hanga and Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, as well as Senator Masud El-Jibrin Doguwa, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State. The trio joined the party alongside 136,038 other defectors during the unveiling of President Bola Tinubu’s campaign groups in Kano ahead of the 2027 elections. Other politicians who […] Hanga, Gaya, Doguwa join APC with 136,038 other defectors in Kano
2027 election: APC receives new political leaders, teeming supporters in Kano, list emerges as video trends
The APC has received several prominent politicians and their supporters from different parties at an event in Kano, with a video of the gathering trending online.
TSG Welcomes 136,000 Defectors To APC In Kano
Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from across Northern Nigeria on Saturday converged on the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, for the inauguration of the Tinubu Support Group (TSG) State Executive Council and the reception of 136,000 new members into the ruling party. In a statement issued by the governor’s spokesman, Sunusi Bature […]
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