Kano State APC suspends ward executive that suspended National Chairman Ganduje

The Kano State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress State Working Committee has also suspended ward party leaders who earlier suspended the National Chairman of the Party, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje from the party.

The APC ward leaders in Ganduje’s ward in the Dawkin Tofa Local Government, had earlier suspended the party’s National Chairman.

The party ward legal adviser, Halliru Gwanzo, announced the suspension while addressing journalists in Kano on Monday.

Gwanzo cited allegations of bribery against Ganduje levelled by the Kano State Government as the reason for the suspension.

“We decided to suspend Dr Abdullahi Ganduje from the party due to the seriousness of the allegations against him,” Gwanzo had said.

But in a swift reaction, the hierarchy of the party in the Local Government Area thwarted the suspension and sacked those behind the suspension of Ganduje.

The APC Dawakin Tofa Local Government Chairman, Inusa Suleiman Dawanau, shortly after Ganduje was suspended that those behind the suspension of the party National Chairman were caught in anti-party activities with their records of meetings with opposition exposed.

Adopting suspension of the ward’s APC leaders behind the suspension of the National Chairman of the party, the State Working Committee said, “They have sanctioned them for six months and a special investigations panel has been set up to verify several allegations against them”.

According to the State Working Committee, the suspension of Ganduje is invalid, null and void and cannot stand.

Also reacting to the issue, the Kano State Chairman of the Party, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, said they have since adopted the decisions of the Local Government Party Leaders, and they are now investigating the anti-party activities of the culprits.

He said, “We have evidence of meetings between the State Government officials and those that suspended the National Chairman, and the State Working Committee has agreed to sanction them for six months and they will remain suspended until expiration of the period.”