The Crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state on Sunday, took another dimension as a new ward executives emerged from Ganduje ward, issuing fresh suspension on the acting National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The Secretary of Ganduje ward, Ja’afar Adamu Ganduje who spoke on behalf of 11 other executive members, explained that the suspension of the former Governor of Kano state was necessitated on allegations of anti-party activities exhibited by Ganduje which led to the division and failure of the party during the last general elections.
According to him, the real Ganduje ward leaders would not hesitate to Institute legal action against the two factions that earlier addressed the media claiming to be ward excos.
This new group from Ganduje ward, Dawakin Tofa local government area of the state, however, claimed to be the legitimate ward excos, legally and validly elected on 31st July, 2021.
Alhaji Adamu, who is Ganduje’s Nephew also accused Dr. Ganduje of igniting a conflict of interest that led to two factional excos in the ward, thereby bringing the party to disrepute in the minds of the public.
He also alleged that the embattled APC national Chairman has not been paying his statutory party dues.
According to him, ” We are the authentic executives of Ganduje ward and we have passed a vote of no confidence and imposed a new suspension on Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for series of reasons.”
He stated that ,”Firstly, we have suspended Dr. Ganduje’s membership for creating internal conflict among party members at the ward level”
He also said that, “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”.
