The Executive Members of the All Progressive Congress APC, Gandudje Ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Council of Kano state, have called on the National body of the party and security agencies to urgently effect the arrest and prosecution of all those directly and or remotely involved in the yet another round of purported suspension of the National Chairman Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje late on Saturday April 20 2024.
The Source reports that with dust raised by an earlier attempt last week Monday by a group led by the self acclaimed legal adviser of Ganduje Ward Haladu Gwanjo to oust the APC National Chairman ,yet to fully settle, another suspension order was issued by a group led by one Ja’far Adamu Ganduje purportedly suspending the National Chairman .
While addressing the press on Saturday April 20 ,Adamu Ganduje who claimed to be the authentic secretary of the Ganduje Ward APC ,said the suspension of Dr Ganduje stemmed from his alleged anti- party activities in the count down to the 2023 general elections which contributed considerably to the loss suffered by the party.
Besides ,Adamu, who spoke on behalf of 11 others who he described as the authentic executive members of APC Ganduje ward ,cited non payments of statutory party dues and incitement of crisis within the rank of APC Members in Ganduje as reasons for the disciplinary actions on the National Chairman.
” We are the authentic Executives of Ganduje Ward and we have passed a vote of no confidence and also imposed a suspension order on Dr Ganduje for a number of reasons” Adamu stated.
But in a press statement jointly signed by the Ganduje ward chairman and Secretary, Ahmed Muhammad Ganduje and Usaini Jibrin respectively and made available to the press on Sunday April 21,the Ganduje Ward APC leadership insisted that as the true leadership of party ,they are not aware of any new election ,not to talk of a new leadership of APC in Ganduje ward.
“To the best of our knowledge, as Executive members of Ganduje ward of APC, there was no new election of a new leadership . We remain the same Executive of the Ward ” the statement noted.
Muhammad Ganduje ,lamented that after its first botched attempt to cause disaffection in the party ,the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP led kano state Government has once again organized some pliable elements and non existent APC members to further push for the destabilization of the party through the unrealizable suspension of the National Chairman.
However, they emphasised that the sponsored group ,could not deliver a neat job ,as it has left behind many verifiable evidences suggesting that it is purely on paid assignment.
“The sponsored group ,couldn’t do their home work properly,as it used a fake and uncertified headed paper to draw a list of non existent party Executives .
To worsen its situation,the leader of the group, who announced the purported suspension is an NNPP member who contested but lost the Councilorship election in Ganduje Ward .” Ahmed stated.
They therefore called on the security agencies ,the APC National Leadership and all relevant authorities to arrest and ensure the prosecution of the group members for impersonation, and a calculated attempt to cause disaffection in the APC .
They also urged APC members to remain calm and ignore the latest propaganda aimed at disrupting the party .
Instructively, and in what seems to be a twist of irony ,some of those who were claimed to be part of the renewed attempt to suspend Dr Ganduje , on Sunday April 21, disassociated themselves from the exercise, insisting that they were impersonated ,and as such are headed for the courts to seek redress .
Malam Bashiru Isah Nuhu ,while speaking on behalf of 10 others with the press in kano after filing a formal petition ,at the APC state headquarters ,said they will no longer tolerate the continued insult on the person and office of the National Chairman .
” All of those whose names were impersonated in this latest show of shame have written a petition calling for the arrest and prosecution of those who impersonated our names .
” Infact to say it the way it is, ,we are not executive members of the party in Ganduje Ward,not to talk of converging a meeting in kano to suspend the National Chairman.
My self,iam just a card carrying member and all these other people whose names were linked with the purported suspension of Dr Ganduje are not Executive members of the party.
So we are taking a legal action against those that used our names in the purported suspension exercise of yesterday ( Saturday April,20,204) ” Nuhu stated.
The APC Kano Spokesperson, Ahmad Aruwa who received the petition,from the aggrieved Ganduje Ward members , assured them that the petition will be forward to the National Headquarters of the party in Abuja for necessary action..
” We have alerted the security on what has happened and we are going to ensure that we arrest those impersonators and punish them accordingly.” the APC publicity Secretary noted.
