NNPP harms the rumors about the members of members for ADC in Katsina

The New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) which only refuted the rumors about its members’ buyers in 34 regional government territories in the Katsina state to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the coalition opposition adopted the platform.

The Chairman of NNPP in the state, Alhaji Armaya’u Abdulkadir, made clarification in a statement issued in Katsina.

He stated that the head of NNPP at the local government level had not defected to any party in the state.

Abdulkadir said: “The attention of the NNPP Katsina chapter has been interested in several publications made in several media organizations and circulated on social media.

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“The publication revealed that 34 NNPP Regional Government Chair had defected the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

“Restrictions, as reported, are through the former Secretary of the State Government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, in the state of Katsina.

“However, it has been recorded that some of our chairmen, after the 2023 presidential election, defected to all Progressive Congress (APC).

“Thus, these same people are people who defected to the ADC from APC. Therefore, their defense from APC, not from NNPP.”

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