Adamawa APC Defection Crisis

The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faces a crisis as former Speaker Kabiru Mijinyawa and thousands of supporters defect to the Action Peoples Movement (APM), citing internal democracy failures. This follows other defections and concerns about the par

A mass defection led by former Adamawa State House of Assembly Speaker Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa from the APC to the APM has intensified political tensions in the state, with thousands of supporters following suit due to perceived internal democracy failures within the APC.

Kabiru Mijinyawa, a former Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) after losing the party's primary election for the Yola South Federal Constituency ticket. He cited a lack of fairness and transparency in the primary proce