The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed reports claiming that its local government chairmen in Katsina State have defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) or any other political party.
In a statement issued on Monday in Katsina, the NNPP State Chairman, Alhaji Armaya’u Abdulkadir, firmly denied the claims, stating that none of the party’s chairmen across the 34 local government areas had left the party.
According to Abdulkadir, the NNPP’s attention was drawn to certain media reports and social media posts alleging the mass defection.
He said, “The attention of the NNPP Katsina chapter has been drawn to some publications made in some media organizations and circulated in social media.
“The publication revealed that 34 NNPP local government chairmen have defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
“The defection, as it was reported, was through the former secretary to the state government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, in Katsina State.”
Abdulkadir clarified that while some former NNPP members had left after the 2023 presidential elections, they had already joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) before now defecting to ADC.
He explained, “It is on record, however, that some of our chairmen, after the 2023 presidential elections, defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
“Thus, these same people are the ones that defected to the ADC from the APC. Therefore, their defection was from APC, not from NNPP.” (NAN)
