2023: Former Kano Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, Dumps APC

A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

This was disclosed in a tweet by the former Director General of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Support Group AbdulMumin Jibrin.

The tweet reads, “BREAKING- Sen Ibrahim Shekarau joins NNPP. Details later.”

It was later learnt as the party tweeted photographs of the visit of NNPP leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to Shekarau’s home.

“His Excellency Engr Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso paid a congratulatory visit today to former Gov (Sen) Ibrahim Shekarau after he decamped to NNPP,” the party said.

Shekarau who represents Kano Central in the Senate, was a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria.

He was elected in April 2003 and reelected in April 2007.

He was one of the candidates who contested for presidency in the 2011 general elections.