Suspension
By Aminu Garko
Kano, Crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has taken fresh dimension as new ward executives emerged from Ganduje ward, issued fresh suspension on acting National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, Malam Haladu Gwanjo, who claimed to be the Legal Adviser of APC in Ganduje Ward, had earlier announced the purported suspension of party’s national chairman.
Gwanjo, who cited alleged corruption and other vices as reasons for the suspension, said that the decision was taken by nine executive members of party in Ganduje ward.
Also the ward Chairman, Malam Ahmad Ganduje, said they were solemnly behind the APC national chairman and have confidence in his style of leadership.
The ward chairman added that they had passed a vote of confidence on Ganduje, and urged all party members in the ward and across the state to remain calm and law abiding.
Besides, the new group from Ganduje ward, Dawakin Tofa local government area of the state claimed to be the legitimate ward excos, legally and validly elected on 31st July, 2021.
Addressing newsmen in Kano, on Sunday, secretary of Ganduje ward, Ja’afar Adamu Ganduje who spoke on behalf of 11 other executive members explained the suspension of Ganduje is necessited on allegation of anti-party activities exhibited by Ganduje which led to division and failure of the party during the last election.
The Secretary who is Ganduje’s nephew also accused Dr. Ganduje of igniting conflict of interest that led to two factional excos in the ward, there brought the party to disrepute in the mind of the public.
The secretary equally alleged the embattled APC national Chairman has not being paying his statutory party dues.
According to Adamu, ” We are the authentic executives of Ganduje ward and we have pass a vote of no confidence and imposed a new suspension on Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for series of reasons.
“First we have suspended Dr. Ganduje’s membership for creating internal conflict among party members at the ward level. Another major reason why the authentic executives resolved to suspend Ganduje is the issue of anti-party activities he generated during the 2023 elections, which resulted to the party’s failure in the state”.
He emphasized that those two factions claiming to be exco from Ganduje ward are fake and impostors orchestrated by Dr. Ganduje and other bad elements in the party.
We are real Ganduje ward leaders would not hesitate to Institute legal action against the two factions earlier addressed the media claiming to be ward excos.
