{"id":95275,"date":"2022-05-25T08:44:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T07:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95275"},"modified":"2022-05-25T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T07:44:32","slug":"four-kano-lawmakers-make-u-turn-dump-nnpp-return-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/four-kano-lawmakers-make-u-turn-dump-nnpp-return-to-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Kano Lawmakers Make U-Turn, Dump NNPP, Return To APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Member of the Kano state House of Assembly representing Senator Rabi\u2019u Musa Kwankwaso\u2019s constituency, Madobi, Hon. Kabiru Yusuf Isma\u2019il has defected from the New Nigerian People\u2019s Party (NNPP) to the ruling All\u00a0 Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Deputy Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly , Zubairu Hamza Massu, as well as other three lawmakers that include Abdullahi Yaryasa (Tudun Wada), Muhammad Butu- Butu (Tofa\/Rimin -Gado) and Kabiru Ismail (Madobi) had hitherto announced their defections to NNPP.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by the commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba revealed that member representing Dawakin Kudu local government, Hon. 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