“Call For Removal Of Ganduje Cowardly Treacherous” – Kano APC Chieftain

By Daniel Maduka

• Crisis Erupts In Gaya LGA

The recent call by a nebulous Youth Group within the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the removal of Dr.Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman, has been described as a distracting antics from cowardly and treacherous quarters, orchestrated by some fidgeting and scared political actors.

A Chieftain of APC, and prominent Yoruba Leader in Kano, Hon. Seyi Olorunsola who made this known in an interview with The Source on Tuesday January 23 2024, said the efforts being made by some detractors to undermine the status of the National Chairman of the Party as a beacon of sterling leadership and progressive politics in Nigeria will surely hit the rock.

The Source News Magazine reports that late last week a  Youth Group of APC in Kano had, at a press briefing called for the supplanting of  Dr  Ganduje, citing his inability to deliver the State to the Party at the last polls as a major reason.

But reacting to the clamour by the youth group, Hon Olorunsola one of the arrow heads in the APC battle of wit pre-Supreme Court judgement on the kano Gubernatorial contest, said amidst the ever dynamic landscape of Nigerian Politics, Dr Ganduje remains the most qualified to steer  the APC ship through the tempest.

According to Olorusola,the political trajectories of the APC National Chairman which spanned from his days as Commissioner of Works during the military era, through the advent of the current political dispensation in 1999 to date ,are widely hailed as the golden years of the renaissance of Kano state.

He noted that Ganduje,s celebral quality, was the major driving force behind what ever achievements recorded by history for the Rabiu Kwankwaso two tenures as Governor,as well as being the acclaimed leader behind the transformation of kano into a vibrant hub of commercial and social activities.

The Yoruba leader in Kano, wondered why some people rather than appreciating the uncommon leadership and intellectual qualities of a man who sacrificed all for what ever political glory they are presently enjoying,  have resorted  to some cowardly means to undermine him.

“Without mincing words, what sets Ganduje apart from his traducers is not just the economic development he midwifed in kano  ,but his remarkable abilities in  fostering  unity and harmony among the diverse groups in kano .

Through out his tenure as Governor ,the state experienced an unprecedented peace, devoid of sectarian and religious crises,a situation which prompted Southeast traditional rulers to collectively honour him in 2019 .

The same abilities to rally people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds are what he has brought to bear on the affairs of APC .

And because of this ,some people we know for their Emperor- like,arrogant and intolerant dispositions are daily getting scared, and looking for cheap means of dragging him down.

We know those behind the so called Youth group purportedly calling for a leadership change.

They are being sponsored by some people who almost every body in kano knows want to join the progressive train APC , but are too arrogant to accept the leadership of Dr Ganduje.” Hon Olorusola noted.

The APC Chieftain while appealing to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as an acknowledged astitute political actor to ignore the distracting antics of some scared political forces aimed at negatively disrupting APC,s progressive march , called on all party faithful across the country to rally round the National Chairman in his quest to consolidate on the gains from the last general elections.

The Kano APC,The Source reports, is billed to host a crucial and enlarged Stakeholders parley on Thursday January 25, 2024, with expectations high that among other resolutions ,a vote of confidence will be passed on the Dr Ganduje-led National Working Committee of the Party.

Meanwhile, a searing violence has  erupted in Gaya Local Council of the  commercial nerve center  of the North, between supporters of the two rival parties,- the ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP and All progressive Congress APC.

Although as  at the time of reporting on Tuesday January 23, 2024, police authorities led by the commissioner Alhaji Mohammad Hussain  Gumel were still battling to arrest the situation and prevent the crisis from spreading to other parts of the state,  preliminary findings have blamed the crisis on alleged continuous mocking of APC Supporters and its gubernatorial candidate ,Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna over their loss at the Supreme court.

The current violent clashes between the two opposing parties and their supporters is coming at a time  when security agencies and many observers appear to have ruled out such a development.