The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, says Abdullahi Umar Ganduje remains its National Chairman of the party.
The party made the clarification following the recent suspension of the embattled national chairman by some APC executive of his ward in Kano.
The state chapter of the party had since over-tuned the suspension, and suspended the party’s official involved in the controversy.
According to a statement issued in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Monday, the party said the suspension was a nullity, stressing that Ganduje remains in his position.
The statement signed by APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka said the action of some APC officials in Kano state, who suspended the national chairman of the party is of no effect.
The statement reads: “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to media reports of the purported suspension of the National Chairman, HE Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, CON, from the party by the Executive Committee of the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State.
“The purported suspension was the devious act of a group of impersonators of ward officials out to cause mischief and create confusion in the otherwise peaceful Ganduje Ward chapter of our party. The perpetrators of this criminal act are not card-carrying members of APC in the ward but are individuals affiliated with senior officials and representatives of the NNPP.
“This act procured by officials of the ruling NNPP in Kano is part of the despicable programme of political persecution launched by the administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf against Ganduje, a former Governor of Kano State.
“The purported suspension is downright criminal, and of no effect whatsoever. The legitimate Executive Committee of the Ganduje Ward has since denounced the action and reaffirmed Dr. Ganduje as a bonafide member of the Party in the Ward, and in good standing.”
Ganduje, the immediate past Kano state governor was suspended by his APC ward officials who said the allegation of bribery against the national chairman has brought disrepute to the ruling party.
