Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, who was reportedly suspended from his ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, has finally addressed the issue.
Gatekeepers News reports that Ganduje spoke about his suspension when he received the official reports of Saturday’s governorship primary election in Ondo State from the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo-led committee on Tuesday.
The former Kano Governor’s suspension was announced by the ward’s Legal Adviser, Haladu Gwanjo, who led some party leaders to make the announcement.
Gwanjo hinged the suspension on an alleged bribery case brought against Ganduje and his wife, and the decision was taken by nine executive members of the APC ward.
Despite efforts by Kano APC to abort the move by suspending the ward executives for their roles, a Kano High Court order was granted, restraining Ganduje from parading himself as the APC national chairman.
However, another Federal High Court injunction presided over by Justice A.M Liman, was granted after Ganduje filed an exparte motion seeking to enforce his fundamental right to a fair hearing.
Ganduje accused the New Nigeria People’s Party and Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, of being behind his purported suspension to embarrass him.
He said, “We were so astonished when we heard the news but we were not surprised when we discovered that the great threat that APC overwhelmingly poses to other parties is real and Kano State is not an exception.
“The government in Kano State is behind this drama. Even the drama is one kind of drama that is called Africa Magic. This is Africa Magic and it is not leading democracy anywhere. It is a negative innovation where members who belong to a different political party, not even our members, let alone being elected executive members of either the ward or to the highest level at the state, meet themselves and take resolutions that affect the nation as far as our party is concerned, that is not acceptable.
“Our party cannot be distracted, we assure you. Our attention cannot be diverted. We are focused. We know where we are heading. We know our objectives and we know how to achieve our objectives”.
