2027: Dogara finally joins APC ahead of 2027 election, see details

• Former Kaduna commissioner Professor Mato Dogara and many top Kaduna opposition politicians have formally joined the ruling party, APC
• The state governor, Uba Sani, received the decampees at an event in Kaduna on Saturday, February 15, 2025
• Governor 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).

Legit.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. Photo credit: @ubasanius
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They reportedly decamped with over 200,000 of their supporters.

The governor expressed his delight when he addressed a mammoth crowd of the APC’s supporters recently at the Murtala Square at a mega rally, Guardian reported.

Below is the list of some opposition leaders who decamped to the APC:

1) Prof. Mato Dogara

2) Senator Suleiman Usman Hunkuyi

3) Senator Dajuma Tela la’ah

4) Senator Shehu Sani

5) Alh. Abubakar Mustapha

6) Alh. Jafaru Kurmin Kogi

7) Hon. Donatus K Mathew

8) Hon. Amos Gwamna Magaji

9) Hon. Henry Marah Zachariah

10) Hon. Samuel Kozah Kambai

11) Hon. Emmanuel Kantiok

12) Hon. Muh’d Sani Shaaban

13) Amb. Sule Buba

14) Hon. Yakubu Umar Barde

15) Mukhtar Ramalan Yero

16) Hon. Engr. Micheal Auta

17) Engr. Joseph Almajiri Ciroma

18) Bashir Idris Zangon Aya

19) Muhammad Mahmud Aliyu

20) Hon. Usman Baba

21) Engr Seth Bakut

22) Hon. Ben Kure

23) Hon. Aminu Sabo Anchau

24) Mariah Laka Madami

25) Nuhu Dogo Makama

26) Bashir Idris Zangon Aya

27) Alh. Tajjani Musa

28) Hon. Sa’adu Idris

29) Yusuf Abubakar Maikwari

30) Hon. Mikiaih Markus Tokwak

31) Hon. Jacob Dakare

32) Prof. Auta Kato

33) Hon. Victoria Jatau

34) Hon. Ado Dogo Audu

35) Hon. Simon Mathias

36) Hon. Paul Wani

37) Hon. Timothy Chindo

38) Hon. Usman Lado

39) Hon. Amos Avejangbe

40) Hon. Murna Amboso

41) Hon. Nuhu Audu Ajiyana

42) Hon. Augustine Beguwa

43) Hon. Morandia Tanko

44) Hon. Rijo Shekari

45) Engr Seth Bakut

46) Gen. Gora Katunku rtd.

47) Ya’u Sa’in Jema’a

48) Hon Ashafa Waziri

49) Hon. Manasseh Tokan

50) Hon. Audi Dalhatu

Shehu Sani defects to APC

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Sani re-joined the ruling APC on Saturday, February 15.

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Source: Legit.ng