{"id":199790,"date":"2026-04-28T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:43:16","slug":"senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc","title":{"rendered":"Senator Marafa defects to NDC weeks after joining ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former senator representing Zamfara Central, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has dumped the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known during his visit to the NDC National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, at his Abuja residence.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the visit, \u201cWe warmly receive you into the NDC. This is not decamping; this is a man coming to a house that is probably suited to him, his principles, his values, and what he stands for,\u201d Senator Seriake Dickson said.<\/p>\n<p>This comes just weeks after defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition party due to internal disagreements.<\/p>\n<p>It is gathered that Marafa, who plans to run for governor in Zamfara State, was reportedly denied the ticket in the ADC and has now moved to the NDC, where he has been assured of the governorship ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Kabiru Marafa, a former senator representing Zamfara Central, had joined the African Democratic Congress, citing concerns over \u201cpolitical manipulation\u201d within the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/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. A former senator representing Zamfara Central, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has dumped the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC. This was made known during his visit to the NDC National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, at his Abuja residence. Speaking during the visit, \u201cWe warmly receive you into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Senator Marafa defects to NDC weeks after joining ADC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former senator representing Zamfara Central, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has dumped the African Democratic Congress, ADC, a ...\" \/>\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\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senator Marafa defects to NDC weeks after joining ADC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former senator representing Zamfara Central, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has dumped the African Democratic Congress, ADC, a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T18:12:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T19:43:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777405328.970061.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\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\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Senator Marafa defects to NDC weeks after joining ADC\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-28T18:12:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-28T19:43:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777405328.970061.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-marafa-defects-to-ndc-weeks-after-joining-adc\",\"name\":\"Senator Marafa defects to NDC weeks after joining ADC - 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