Nigeria, April 12 -- Aminu Goro, the former member for the Fagge Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and announced his intention to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Mr Goro served as a federal lawmaker from 2011 to 2023, initially under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before defecting to the APC. He was defeated in the 2023 general elections by Muhammad Bello of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP).

In a recent political twist in Kano, Mr Bello, alongside Governor Abba Yusuf, defected from the NNPP to the APC, effectively assuming the influence Mr Goro previously held in the party.

In a resignation letter dated 11 April, addressed to ...