By Suleiman Anyalewechi
Scores of protesters on Thursday, April 25, 2024, stormed the Abuja National Headquarters of the All Progressive Congress, APC, demanding the immediate resignation of the National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. They insisted the position rightly belong to their zone.
Under the aegis of Concerned North Central APC Stakeholders, the protesters also called on the Party hierarchy to return to the zone, the office vacated by the former Governor of Nasarawa State, Sentor Abdullahi Adamu, in line with established precedents and rules of the party.
Addressing the media, Leader and Spokesperson for the group, Mohammed Mahmud Saba, insisted that going by the zoning arrangements within the APC, the position of the National Chairman belongs to the North Central geo-political region.
According to Saba, the position was ceded to the zone at the 2022 National Convention, with Senator Abdullahi Adamu occupying the position until his resignation in 2023.
The Concerned APC North Central stakeholders said going by the terms of the zoning arrangements, the zone was supposed to produce Senator Adamu’s successor .
Unfortunately, according to them, Dr Ganduje from the North West zone was foisted on the party ,thereby denying the Northcental its rights.
” Ganduje may have received the endorsement of Chairmen and Secretaries from the states, but we the Concerned stakeholders from the North Central zone have passed a vote of no confidence on him .
“We are demanding the immediate resignation of the National Chairman, because he is occupying the office illegally. The office belongs to the North Central.
“We are calling on President Bola Tinubu , the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Senator George Akume and all other major stakeholders of the party to do the needful, by returning the position of the National Chairman to our zone.
“We will not allow any body to short change us.” the group warned .
Speaking further, the Spokesperson said they are appealing to all the APC Governors and Leaders to put machineries in motion to return the position of the National Chairman to the North Central zone.
