The Gombe State chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Abdullahi  Umar, has defected to the All Progressives Congress.

The NNPP has taken the main opposition status in the state House of Assembly, as it has taken over from the Peoples Democratic Party which has four in the 24-member house.

According to a press statement made available to our journalist by the party’s Director-General of Press Affairs, Ismaila Misilli, “Umar (the state chairman of the party) announced his defection after meeting Governor Yahaya Inuwa at his residence today (Thursday).”