Former Kaduna commissioner Professor Mato Dogara and many top Kaduna opposition politicians have formally joined the ruling party, APCThe state governor, Uba Sani, received the decampees at an event in Kaduna on Saturday, February 15, 2025Governor Sani assured the more than 200,000 politicians who defected to the APC in Kaduna state that they would enjoy the same rights and privileges as existing party members
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Kaduna, Kaduna state – Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Mato Dogara, the former chairman of Lere local government area (LGA) and ex-commissioner in Kaduna state, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Henzodaily.ng reports that Dogara and around 50 opposition leaders were recently received by Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state alongside their followers.
Governor Uba Sani welcomed former Kaduna commissioner Dogara and other opposition members to the ruling APC on Saturday, February 15.
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They reportedly decamped with over 200,000 of their supporters.
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Below is the list of some opposition leaders who decamped to the APC:
Prof. Mato DogaraSenator Suleiman Usman HunkuyiSenator Dajuma Tela la’ahAudi DalhatuAbubakar MustaphaJafaru Kurmin KogiDonatus MathewAmos Gwamna MagajiHenry Marah ZachariahSamuel Kozah KambaiEmmanuel KantiokMuh’d Sani ShaabanAmbassador Sule BubaYakubu Umar BardeMukhtar Ramalan YeroEngr. Micheal AutaEngr. Joseph Almajiri CiromaBashir Idris Zangon AyaMuhammad Mahmud AliyuUsman BabaEngr Seth BakutBen KureAminu Sabo AnchauMariah Laka MadamiNuhu Dogo MakamaBashir Idris Zangon AyaTajjani MusaSa’adu IdrisYusuf Abubakar MaikwariMikiaih Markus TokwakJacob DakareProf. Auta KatoVictoria JatauAdo Dogo AuduSimon MathiasPaul WaniTimothy ChindoUsman LadoAmos AvejangbeMurna AmbosoNuhu Audu AjiyanaAugustine BeguwaMorandia TankoRijo ShekariEngr Seth BakutGen. Gora Katunku rtdYa’u Sa’in Jema’aAshafa WaziriManasseh TokanSenator Shehu Sani
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