OpenLife Nigeria reports that the ambition of the presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples party, Engineer Rabiu Kwankwaso may have been punctured in north western Nigeria as a group in the party led by the NNPP’s former Organising Secretary in the state, Hon. Babangida Haruna Damba led a team of the party members to Zamfara State Government House to express their support for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
OpenLife however, gathered that ten local government chairmen of the party were among the decampees, saying that out of 14 Local Government ten have decamped to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State.
Declaring their decampment, Hon. Babangida Haruna Damba said they had already collapsed the NNPP structures with most of the party’s exco members following them.
According to him, they decided to collapse the NNPP structures and join governor Matawalle and his APC because the NNPP lacks internal democracy.
He maintained that there are strong indications that the party will loss all contestable positions in the state and national levels in the 2023 general elections.
Damba further explained that the NNPP presidential candidate is only in the race as a spoiler who is ready to bury the party at the end of the elections.
While welcoming the decampees at the Government House, Governor Matawalle expressed happiness and commended them over their wise decision to join the APC.
He assured the new entrants that they will always be given equal treatment and opportunities like the older members and urged them to continue to be law abiding as well as convince more people to join the winning party so as not to be left behind..
The State Executives of the NNPP who decamped to APC include the state Chairman Alhaji Sani DD Anka, State Organising Secretary, Hon. Babangida Haruna Damba, State Treasurer, Alhaji Hamza Yahaya, State Welfare, Ibrahim Muhammad, State.
Others include woman Leader, Hajiya Zuwaira Muhammad, Assistant Organising Secretary, Nura Garba, Assistant Publicity Secretary, Anas Dalibi, deputy Woman leader, Jamila Adamu Bakura, State zonal vice-chairman, Bashir Dokau, State Ex-officio 1, Alhaji Abubakar Madina and Leader of Person with Disability, Ibrahim Hayatu
While the local government chairmen that joined APC from NNPP are those of Anka, Jamilu Musa Barade, Bukkuyum, Tajjuddeen Lauwali, Bakura, Ibrahim Abubakar, Maradun, Yahuza Usman, Gusau, Salisu Muhammad, Kaura Namoda, Bello Abubakar, Shinkafi, Hon. Abdullahi Shehu, Maru, Ibrahim Dangaladima, Bungudu, Basiru Lawal and Zurmi, Salihu Ibrahim Dauran.
Others are the state 14 local government Women leaders and the party State Assembly Candidate of from Zurmi, Hon. Kabiru Muhammad Zurmi.
Others are Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, APC State Secretary, Hon. Ibrahim Umar Dangaladima, Publicity Secretary, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau, Welfare Secretary, Alhaji Bashir Idris Ataka, Youth leader, Alhaji Musa Ardo Idris, party leaders and supporters among others.