Nigeria, Nov. 9 -- With less than 130 days to the 2023 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in President Muhammadu Buhari's home state of Katsina, has suffered perhaps its biggest blow since its controversial primary elections, with the exit of the immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mustapha Inuwa.

Prominent members of the party, including president Buhari's relatives and associates, have defected from the party with their supporters to either the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) after they lost out in the party's primaries in May. However, none of those defections has left leaders of the party scratching their heads like Mr Inuwa's defec...