Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a former member of the House of Representatives, Shehu Usman Aliyu Yammedi, has left the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Yan Medi represented Karaye/Rogo Federal Constituency of Kano State in the National Assembly (NASS).
Meanwhile, Senator Rufai Sani Hanga has clinched the Kano central senatorial district ticket of the NNPP.
Hanga got the ticket which was relinquished by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, who defected from the NNPP to the PDP.
Shekarau recently left the NNPP for the PDP, following some unresolved disputes.
The affirmation of Hanga was held on Thursday at the Sani Abacha Youth Center in Kano led by the Kano Central chairman of the NNPP, Abdullahi Zubair, and witnessed by hundreds of party faithful across the 15 Local Government Areas (LGAs) that make up the senatorial district.
