By Akinwale Kasali
As the 2023 election gathers momentum, the ruling Party, All Progressives Congress, APC, in the past few weeks has witnessed a gale of defections. The latest is that of Ibrahim Shekarau, a former Governor of Kano State who has joined the bandwagon.
Shekarau has officially joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, dumping APC.
The defection of Shekarau comes days after former Director General of APC National Leader and Frontline Presidential Aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Support Group, AbdulMumin Jibrin, joined the NNPP.
The tweet reads, “BREAKING- Sen Ibrahim Shekarau joins NNPP”.
Shekarau alongside another former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwanso, have now formed an alignment going into the 2023 General Election.
It would be recalled that Shekarau gave the Presidential Seat a shot in 2011, but lost the election to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Abdulmumin in a statement, blamed Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for the defections from APC to other parties.
