LIVE UPDATES
The All Progressives Congress announced on Wednesday that it has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to probe the alleged suspension of its National Chairman, Dr Abdulahi Ganduje.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘Purported Suspension of APC National Chairman – a devious act of imposters, fake news.’
The executives of the Ganduje Ward APC in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State had on Monday declared Ganduje suspended from the party.
The party claimed that the act was orchestrated by some alleged members affiliated with the New Nigeria People’s Party-led government in Kano State.
The Legal Adviser of the ward, Halliru Gwanzo, who addressed journalists in Kano, said the APC ward leadership took the decision, given the bribery allegations hanging on Ganduje’s neck, citing bribery charges filed against Ganduje by the Kano State government and his arraignment scheduled for Thursday.
The suspension was, however, overruled by the state leadership of the party, which also slammed a six-month suspension on the ward executives.
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Morka, in the statement, said the party had it on good authority that Ganduje’s suspension by the APC ward was orchestrated by some impostors allegedly loyal to Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf.
“This act procured by officials of the ruling NNPP in Kano is part of the despicable programme of political persecution launched by the administration of Governor.
Meanwhile, a former National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the APC, Salihu Lukman, on Tuesday, called on President Bola Tinubu to revisit the political impasse between Ganduje and the national leader of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Lukman appealed in a statement on Tuesday, titled ‘Ganduje: Indefensibility of moral and political burden.’
He urged Tinubu to look beyond the $413,000 and N1.38bn bribery charges filed against Ganduje by the Kano State government.
Lukman insisted that the President and top APC stakeholders must act fast to broker peace between Ganduje and Kwankwaso if they hoped to retain their grip on Kano and, by extension, the entire North, even if it involved negotiating an alliance.
