- Former Speaker of Kano State, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, has officially returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) aft defecting from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
- Rurum, present representing the Rano, Kibiya, and Bunkure constituencies successful the House of Representatives, made the determination up of the 2027 elections
- Bashir Ahmad, a erstwhile adjutant to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, confirmed the defection successful a tweet connected Thursday, April 24
Legit.ng writer Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.
Kano state - As the 2027 predetermination approaches, erstwhile Speaker of Kano state, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, present representing Rano, Kibiya and Bunkure successful the House of Representatives, has officially defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and returned to his erstwhile party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Bashir Ahmad, a erstwhile adjutant to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari announced this successful a station shared connected his X leafage connected Thursday, April 24.
The erstwhile statesmanlike adjutant tweeted:
"Former Speaker of Kano State, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, present representing Rano, Kibiya and Bunkure successful the House of Representatives, has officially announced his defection from the NNPP and rejoined his erstwhile party, the APC."Photo of Rarum with Kwankwaso surfaces aft defection to NNPP

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Legit.ng reported that Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum's defection came a time aft Kano South Senator, Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila, officially dumped the NNPP for the ruling APC.
Senator Kawu is the erstwhile Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari connected National Assembly (House of Representatives) Matters.
The national lawmaker confirmed his defection from the NNPP to APC successful a little connection to journalists successful Kano connected Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
He confirmed his defection to the ruling APC connected his Facebook page.
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Delta politician dumps PDP, defects to APC
In a akin development, Legit.ng reported that Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori dumped the starring absorption enactment PDP and defected to the ruling APC.
The Delta politician joined the APC alongside his predecessor and PDP vice statesmanlike campaigner successful the 2023 election, Ifeanyi Okowa.
Also, Governor Oborevwori dumped the PDP on with each his commissioners and each the stakeholders of the absorption enactment successful the state.
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