Mass Defection Hits Katsina as PDP, APC, NNPP Members Join ADC

Hundreds of supporters from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC), and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have officially defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Katsina State.

The mass defection, which took place on Sunday, was led by Mustapha Inuwa, head of the coalition in the state. The event also marked the official launch of the ADC’s Katsina State chapter and was held at the Continental Event Center in Katsina.

Defectors, drawn from all 34 Local Government Areas of the state, received their ADC membership cards during the ceremony. Both men and women participated in the political shift, signaling a growing wave of discontent with mainstream parties.

Speaking at the event, Lawal Batagarawa, the Katsina representative of the National Political Coalition Group, decried rising insecurity, worsening poverty, inflation, and the continued depreciation of the Naira. He blamed the deteriorating economic situation on the policies of the Bola Tinubu administration, which began in 2023.

Batagarawa said the collapse of several industries under the current administration had made life increasingly difficult for Nigerians, especially in the North. He stressed the need for unity and expressed confidence in the ADC’s ability to lead the country out of its current challenges, including terrorism, banditry, poverty, and illiteracy.

Also speaking, Usman Musa Wamba, Chairman of the ADC in Katsina, expressed optimism about the party’s prospects in the 2027 general elections. He called on the youth and broader electorate to rally behind the ADC to enjoy the true dividends of democracy.

Among the prominent defectors was Aliyu Saulawa, a former APC member who served as Director of Media for the Buhari Campaign Organisation and National Coordinator of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Movement. Saulawa said he could no longer align with a party that had failed to deliver on its promises.

“The APC has not fulfilled even one percent of its campaign promises,” he said. “Without security, there is no livelihood. In the Northwest, we are mostly peasant farmers and merchants. If there is no security, we lose everything—including education, which has already collapsed. I cannot continue to remain in the APC.”

The mass defection marks a significant political development in Katsina, a state long considered an APC stronghold.