Mr Badaru has held talks with a former senator and current ADC chieftain in the state, Ubale Shitu, and, most notably, with former Governor Sule Lamido, with whom Mr Badaru shares animosity since a 2017 dispute that led to Mr Lamido’s brief detention.

Despite his public denial of plans to defect from the ruling APC to the ADC, recent public engagements of former Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, have fuelled speculations in Jigawa State.