Kano APC Faults Ganduje’s Suspension, Sacks Ward Leaders

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano.

The Chairman of All Progressives Congress in Kano Abdullahi Abbas, has announced the endorsement of the suspension of Ganduje ward leaders, over alleged connivance with the opposition party to suspend the National Chairman of the party Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

In an interview with Journalists in Kano Monday, Abbas said the State Working Committee of the party deemed it necessary to adopt the suspension of the ward leaders for working in tenderm with the opposition to suspend Ganduje from the party.

He said the Party leaders in Dawakin Tofa local government council, where the National Chairman comes from had taken a drastic measuresl against the ward leaders who had earlier suspended Ganduje from the party.

In a counter reaction, the party leaders at the local government level thwarted the suspension, describing it as null and void.

The party said it had sanctioned them for six months and a special investigations panel had been set up to investigate several allegations against them.

The APC Chairman in Dawakin Tofa local government, Inusa Suleiman Dawanau, told newsmen that those behind Ganduje’s suspension were engaged in anti party activities in recorded videos where they were seen holding series of meetings with the opposition.

He said the leadership of the Dawakin Tofa local government Chapter of APC’ had sanctioned the ward leaders of Ganduje ward for six months for engaging in anti-party activities and hobnobbing with the opposition party in the state.

Adopting the suspension of the Wards leaders, the State Chairman of the Party further confirmed the adoption of the suspension of Ganduje ward leaders and setting a committee to investigate their anti-party activities.

“We have evidence of meetings between the State Government officials and those that suspended the National Chairman, and state working committee has agreed to sanction them for six months and they stand for now suspended”.

In a press conference earlier, the legal adviser of the ward, Haladu Gwanjo, accused the former governor of gross misconduct and misappropriation of public funds during his administration in Kano.

He explained that they decided to suspend Ganduje from the party due to the bribery allegations leveled against him by Kano state government, and that the suspension started April 15.

According to him, leaders at the ward level resolved to suspend Ganduje after a vote of no confidence passed on him, following his failure to clear his name from a wide range of allegations of corruption, particularly the widely celebrated dollar video.