Thousands of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Katsina State, the home state of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, have dumped their parties for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The development which took place on Sunday, July 13, 2025, during the unveiling of the ADC, Katsina State chapter, also witnessed the distribution of party membership cards to new entrants drawn from the 34 Local Government Areas of the state.
Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, a prominent politician and a leader of the Coalition, who led the defection, noted that the move marked a major blow on the ruling APC and other established parties in the region.
Also speaking, Alhaji Lawal Batagarawa, who is the National Representative of the National Political Coalition Group in Katsina State, condemned the state of the nation under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stressing that the rising wave of insecurity, poverty, inflation, and the collapsed value of the Naira are unacceptable and can no longer be tolerated.
According to Batagarawa; “A lot of industries have shut down since Tinubu assumed office in 2023. This country deserves better.
“We call on young voters and the people of Katsina to rally behind the ADC so that we can deliver true dividends of democracy which has eluded them since May 29, 2023”.
Batagarawa called for unity among ADC members and supporters, assuring that the party will tackle the country’s challenges that include; terrorism, banditry, poverty, and illiteracy, if elected in 2027.
Speaking in turn, the State Chairman of ADC, Alhaji Usman Musa Wamba, expressed optimism about the party’s future, saying that unlike the “deceitful APC”, the ADC will do well and work for the interest of the people and not political office holders.
Among key political figures that defected included; Alhaji Aliyu Saulawa, a former APC stalwart who once served as Director of Media for the Buhari Campaign Organisation and National Coordinator of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Movement. Saulawa pointedly accused the APC of deceit and refusal to keep to promises made to the people during the campaigns.
He said; “The APC has failed woefully in fulfilling its campaign promises especially in the North. The party has achieved less than one percent of what it promised. Without security, there is no livelihood.
“Our people are mainly farmers and traders, and without safety, everything collapses including our already fragile education system. I can no longer continue in the APC,” he stressed.
