Former ADC Candidates Join APC, Back Tinubu for 2027
Some former House of Assembly candidates of the African Democratic Congress from Zamfara, Plateau, Taraba and Jigawa states have defected to the All Progressives Congress and declared their support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The politicians announced their decision on Monday during a visit to the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, where they were received by the party’s National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda.
The delegation was led by Princess Aslam Aliyu Gambiyar from Zamfara State.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Gambiyar said the decision to leave the ADC was based on their support for Tinubu’s administration and its Renewed Hope Agenda.
She said the defectors were prepared to work with the APC and support the president’s bid for a second term in 2027.
APC welcomes former ADC candidates
Yilwatda welcomed the new members into the APC and urged them to immediately return to their respective wards and begin grassroots mobilisation.
He described their decision to join the party as an addition to its grassroots structure ahead of the 2027 elections.
The APC chairman urged the defectors to use their local networks to engage voters and communicate the party’s programmes and policies.
Yilwatda defends government’s northern projects
The APC chairman also used the occasion to respond to claims that the Federal Government had neglected Northern Nigeria.
He pointed to several ongoing road projects across the region, including sections of the Abuja-Kano and Kano-Maiduguri corridors.
Other projects he mentioned included the Jos-Akwanga road, Kwara-Mokwa-Niger road, Sokoto-Kebbi road, Laila-Sokoto road and Kano-Daura road.
Yilwatda argued that the scale of the projects demonstrated the Federal Government’s investment in infrastructure across the North.
APC chairman defends economic reforms
Yilwatda also defended the administration’s economic policies, including the removal of the petrol subsidy.
He said the government had redirected resources towards infrastructure and other development programmes following the subsidy removal.
The APC chairman also mentioned initiatives involving gas development, fertiliser supply, compressed natural gas and the Nigeria Education Loan Fund.
He argued that reversing the subsidy policy could affect funding available for some of these programmes.
The former ADC candidates’ defection adds to the political realignments taking place ahead of the 2027 general elections, with politicians and groups across different parties announcing new alliances and support for various presidential candidates.
