{"id":198365,"date":"2026-04-04T22:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc"},"modified":"2026-04-04T23:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:52:11","slug":"former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc","title":{"rendered":"Former PDP gubernatorial candidate Isa Ashiru to join ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Isa Mohammed Ashiru, is set to officially join the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on his official X handle on Saturday, where he wrote: \u201cOFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I, Right Honourable Isa Mohammed Ashiru, will formally register with my new party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Sunday, 5th April 2026 at 11:00 AM, Insha Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that the registration will take place at Kudan Ward, Kudan Local Government Area, and expressed optimism about the move, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to this significant step as we continue to work for the progress and development of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This development comes shortly after Ashiru officially resigned from the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>He submitted his resignation letter to the PDP Chairman of Kudan Ward on Friday, March 27, 2026, formally ending his ties with the party.<\/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 Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Isa Mohammed Ashiru, is set to officially join the African Democratic Congress, ADC. The announcement was made on his official X handle on Saturday, where he wrote: \u201cOFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I, Right Honourable Isa Mohammed Ashiru, will formally register with my new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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>Former PDP gubernatorial candidate Isa Ashiru to join ADC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Isa Mohammed Ashiru, is set to officia ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former PDP gubernatorial candidate Isa Ashiru to join ADC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Isa Mohammed Ashiru, is set to officia ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-04T21:36:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-04T22:52:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775343030.392983.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\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\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Former PDP gubernatorial candidate Isa Ashiru to join ADC\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-04T21:36:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-04T22:52:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc\"},\"wordCount\":162,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775343030.392983.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-pdp-gubernatorial-candidate-isa-ashiru-to-join-adc\",\"name\":\"Former PDP gubernatorial candidate Isa Ashiru to join ADC - 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