{"id":2796,"date":"2026-02-26T13:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:28:47","slug":"15-adamawa-lawmakers-quit-pdp-amidst-fintiris-planned-defection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2796","title":{"rendered":"15 Adamawa lawmakers quit PDP amidst Fintiri\u2019s planned defection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fifteen lawmakers of the\u00a0Adamawa State House of Assembly\u00a0have resigned from the\u00a0Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing ongoing internal crises at the national level of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made on Wednesday during plenary by&nbsp;Speaker Bathiya Wesley, who also disclosed that he and his deputy,&nbsp;Buba Jijiwa, have quit the PDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wizkid - Bad Girl (Audio) ft. 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They also expressed gratitude to the party for the opportunity to contest and win elections on its platform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The departing lawmakers include&nbsp;Kefas Calvin, Bulus Geoffrey, Haruna Jilantikiri, Kefas Emmanuel, Ahmed Belel, Moses Zah, Kate Mamuno, Pwamwakeno Mackondo, Adun Alaba, Bulus Kantom, Musa Kallamu, and Japhet Hammanjabu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately,&nbsp;Abubakar Abdullahi, representing Girei State Constituency, resigned from the PDP on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports indicate that the lawmakers are set to&nbsp;join the All Progressives Congress (APC), though a formal announcement is yet to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor\u00a0Ahmadu Fintiri\u00a0is also reportedly finalising plans to move to the APC. Last Saturday, he hosted APC leaders at an\u00a0iftar ceremony\u00a0(breaking of the Ramadan fast) at the Government House, Yola, describing the gathering as an opportunity to\u00a0strengthen dialogue, foster cooperation, and reaffirm a shared commitment to peace, stability, and sustainable development in Adamawa State. <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/politics\/15-adamawa-lawmakers-quit-pdp-amidst-fintiris-planned-defection\/\">(Guardian)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen lawmakers of the\u00a0Adamawa State House of Assembly\u00a0have resigned from the\u00a0Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing ongoing internal crises at the national level of the party. The announcement was made on Wednesday during plenary by&nbsp;Speaker Bathiya Wesley, who also disclosed that he and his deputy,&nbsp;Buba Jijiwa, have quit the PDP. \u201cAll the resignation letters conveyed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1067,3083,74,3081,3082,437,228],"class_list":["post-2796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-adamawa-state","tag-ahmadu-fintiri","tag-all-progressives-congress","tag-bathiya-wesley","tag-buba-jijiwa","tag-defection","tag-peoples-democratic-party"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>15 Adamawa lawmakers quit PDP amidst Fintiri\u2019s planned defection - Tona Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fifteen lawmakers of the\u00a0Adamawa State House of Assembly\u00a0have resigned from the\u00a0Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing ongoing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2796\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"15 Adamawa lawmakers quit PDP amidst Fintiri\u2019s planned defection - 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