{"id":174631,"date":"2025-08-16T11:52:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc"},"modified":"2025-08-16T13:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:15:05","slug":"ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc","title":{"rendered":"Ex-lawmaker, Danji Usman defects to ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former member representing Wukari\/Ibi Federal Constituency, Danji Usman, has officially announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Usman made the announcement in a statement released to journalists on Saturday in Jalingo, saying the move would enable him pursue his political aspirations ahead of the 2026\/2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>He commended his supporters in Southern Taraba, across the state, and in the diaspora for their solidarity since his exit from the APC, describing their support as proof of a shared vision to \u201crescue the people of Taraba from the grip of bad governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the decision to join the ADC came after \u201ccareful consideration, due diligence, and wide consultations,\u201d adding that the party would serve as a viable platform for his movement to engage in the democratic process and advance people-oriented policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, therefore, call on all my supporters, sympathizers, and every lover of good governance to rally behind this movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us join hands to liberate the downtrodden, lift our people from poverty, and bring succor to communities in need by standing firmly with the ADC in every way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Usman reaffirmed his commitment to championing a people-first agenda and urged his supporters to remain steadfast as he embarks on what he described as a new political direction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former member representing Wukari\/Ibi Federal Constituency, Danji Usman, has officially announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Usman made the announcement in a statement released to journalists on Saturday in Jalingo, saying the move would enable him pursue his political aspirations ahead of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":174630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[18444,5566,254],"class_list":["post-174631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-danji-usman","tag-jalingo","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ex-lawmaker, Danji Usman defects to ADC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former member representing Wukari\/Ibi Federal Constituency, Danji Usman, has officially announced his defection from the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-lawmaker, Danji Usman defects to ADC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former member representing Wukari\/Ibi Federal Constituency, Danji Usman, has officially announced his defection from the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-16T10:52:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-16T12:15:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755333942.98942.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ex-lawmaker, Danji Usman defects to ADC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-16T10:52:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-16T12:15:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc\"},\"wordCount\":235,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755333942.98942.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Danji Usman\",\"jalingo\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-lawmaker-danji-usman-defects-to-adc\",\"name\":\"Ex-lawmaker, Danji Usman defects to ADC - 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