Four members of the House of Representatives from Kano State have left the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that the lawmakers involved are Sani Wakili, who represents Minjibir/Ungogo federal constituency, Muktar Zakari of Tarauni federal constituency, Umar Datti representing Kura/Madobi/Garun Mallam federal constituency, and Abdulhakeem Ado from Wudil/Garko federal constituency.
Their letters announcing the defection were read during plenary on Wednesday by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas.
In the same sitting, two other lawmakers also changed parties. Kabiru Amadu, who represents Gusau/Tsafe federal constituency in Zamfara State, and Emeka Chinedu of Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte federal constituency in Imo State, moved from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The lawmakers who defected said ongoing internal problems in their former parties pushed them to leave.
The ADC has continued to receive more lawmakers in recent weeks as political alignments begin to shift ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Just a day earlier, Thaddeus Attah from Eti-Osa federal constituency in Lagos State, Usman Zubairu representing Birnin Gwari/Giwa federal constituency in Kaduna State, and Sani Noma of Argungu/Augie federal constituency in Kebbi State also joined the ADC after leaving the Labour Party and the APC.