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Ganduje Ward Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Dawakin Tofa local government area of Kano state has described as impostors, some elements who on Sunday announced the “suspension” of the APC national chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

The party in a statement on Sunday issued to newsmen in Abuja noted that after a failed attempt to suspend the APC national chairman, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) government in Kano state has organized yet another bunch of non-APC members who announced the purported suspension.

The statement jointly signed by the ward chairman and secretary, Ahmed Muhammed Ganduje and Usaini Jibrin, maintained that as authentic executive members, no new election was conducted by the state or national body of the APC to herald a fresh leadership.

“To the best of our knowledge, as executive members of Ganduje ward of the APC, there was no new election of new leadership of our party. We remain the same executive of the ward,” the statement added.

The party said the sponsored group could not do their homework properly by using a fake or uncertified headed paper on which they drew a list of non existing party executives.

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“To worsen their situation, leader of the group who announced the purported suspension is an NNPP member who contested but lost the councilorship election in Ganduje ward”, the statement said.

The executive members therefore called on the national leadership of the party and security agencies to facilitate the arrest and prosecution of the group for impersonation.

They also called on party members to disregard such propaganda aimed at disrupting the peace of the party.

Another faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ganduje Ward, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Kano State, on Sunday announced the suspension of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, its national chairman, from the party.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Malam Haladu Gwanjo, the Legal Adviser of another APC faction in Ganduje Ward, last week announced the suspension of Ganduje.

Gwanjo, who cited alleged corruption and other vices as reasons for the suspension, said that the decision was taken by nine executive members of party in Ganduje ward.

Also, another faction, represented by the Ward Chairman, Malam Ahmad Ganduje, came out to declare support for Ganduje, saying the ward officials were satisfied with his leadership style.

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In passing the vote of confidence on Ganduje, factional ward chairman urged all party members in the ward and across the state to remain calm and law abiding.

However, in a new twist in the early hours of Sunday, another group, which claimed to be the legitimate exco, yet again announced the suspension of Ganduje.

Addressing newsmen secretary of the faction, Malam Ja’afar Ganduje, who spoke on behalf of 11 other executive members, hinged the suspension on alleged anti-party activities by Ganduje.

He said this was particularly during the last general election.

He also alleged that the APC national chairman had failed to pay his statutory dues to the party.

He further blamed Ganduje for contributing to the factionalisation of the party at the ward level, which he said had brought the party to disrepute.

“We are the authentic executives of Ganduje ward and we have passed a vote of no confidence and imposed a new suspension on Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for series of reasons.

“First, we have suspended Dr. Ganduje’s membership for creating internal conflict among party members at the ward level.

“Another major reason why the authentic executives resolved to suspend Ganduje is the issue of anti-party activities he generated during the 2023 elections which resulted to the party’s failure in the state,” he said.

(NAN)

• CSOs give EFCC 72 hours to commence investigation of Kwankwaso’s tenure

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Publicity Secretary in Kano State, Ahmad Aruwa, has denied accusing the presidency of fuelling the crisis against the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje.

The APC state spokesman, who was quoted in a video clip that went viral, on social media, pointing accusing fingers at some elements in the presidency igniting the confusion that led to the purported suspension of Ganduje, insisted on Friday that he was quoted out of context.

He said he has firm loyalty to the President Bola Ahmed-led Federal Government which accounted for the overwhelming support the president received in Kano during the last general election.

Aruwa made the clarification while reacting to media reports that quoted him accusing the presidency of sabotaging Dr. Ganduje on his purported suspension of his membership.

He maintained that those trying to reconstruct his comment on the persecution of Ganduje were the enemies of the party who had invested resources to destroy the mutual relationship between the president and the former governor of Kano.

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He said: “I have no intention to and will not constitute any act that will damage the loyalty and mutual respect that exists between the National Chairman of the party, Dr Ganduje and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Dr. Ganduje remains the only strong pillar and dependable defender who can guarantee the future political success of President Tinubu’s political success in Kano.

“We have high respect for our president and leader of our party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and he remains our choice of leader in Kano.

“We have demonstrated our commitment to the political ambition of President Tinubu in the last general election and we are ready to do more in subsequent elections.

“We equally want to declare that our leader and national Chairman of our great party Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje is committed and remains loyal to the president regardless of whatever anybody may want to orchestrate. No amount of plot will divide the mutual relationship between the president and Ganduje.”

Meanwhile, a coalition of 45 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the auspices of Justice for All (JA) has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) a 72-hour ultimatum to commence an investigation into the eight-year tenure of the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

The group said it has discovered that the immediate past government in Kano State led by Abdullahi Umar Ganduje failed to investigate the Kwankwaso government, while the current government also have no plans to do so.

In a petition to the anti-graft body signed by Auwalu Ibrahim and Dr. Dave Ogbole as Chairman and Co-Chairman respectively, the group said the investigation has become necessary to ensure that the resources of the state are recovered in the interest of the people.  

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to investigate and apprehend eight persons for impersonation and false statements.

The demand was contained in a two-page letter written by the party’s national legal adviser, Prof. Abdulkarim Kana, dated April 18, 2024, and titled “Petition for investigation and apprehension of Auwalu Galadima Jemomi and 8 others for impersonation and false statement”.

Others are Muhde Weti, Danmala Gale, Samaila Haladu, Laminu Sani Barguma, Musa Lado  Lado Maishayi, Amadu Maishayi and Umar Amarwa

In the letter, the national legal adviser alleged that the persons falsely claimed to be party executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of Ganduje Ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano state.

The letter reads: “Specifically, on April 15, 2024, Auwalu Galadima Jemomi and his accomplices, claiming to be Party Executives of the APC from Ganduje Ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government, Kano State, falsely issued a press statement suspending our National Chairman, Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, from the Party. This unauthorized and misleading statement has created significant confusion and unrest among our members and the public at large.

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“Such impersonation and dissemination of false information are not only illegal but also have the potential to disrupt public peace and order.

“Therefore, I request the Nigerian Police Force to promptly investigate this matter and apprehend Auwalu Galadima Jemomi and his accomplices involved in this fraudulent act.

“Additionally, I request the police to identify and investigate any sponsors or conspirators associated with this incident beyond those explicitly named in this petition. I trust in the Nigerian Police Force’s commitment to upholding justice and ensuring that incidents of impersonation and false claims are decisively addressed to prevent future occurrences.”

A Federal High Court in Kano has granted an order restraining the implementation of the purported suspension of the national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje by the Ward executive of Ganduje Ward.

Ganduje in Suit No. FHC/KN/CS/122/2024 approached the Federal High Court for the enforcement of his fundamental right to a fair hearing.

The respondents in the application are the police, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and nine other individuals.

Ganduje ward executive last Tuesday purportedly suspended Ganduje over alleged corruption.

Subsequently, the State Working Committee of the APC in Kano nullified the suspension and punished the ward executives.

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A Kano High Court judge, Usman Na’Abba upheld the purported suspension on the same day.

In the ex parte order delivered on Wednesday by the Federal High Court and made available to newsmen on Thursday, A.M Liman, a judge of the Federal High Court in Kano said the purported suspension should not be implemented until the case is heard and determined.

Liman said: “That all the Respondents, their servants, agents or privies are hereby restrained from Implementing and/or giving effect to the purported decision reached during the purported emergency meeting of the alleged Executive members of APC Ganduje Ward, held at Ganduje Ward of Dawakin Tofa Local.

“That all the parties are hereby mandated to maintain status quo before the purported emergency meeting of the alleged executive members of APC Ganduje Ward, and to stay action in respect of this matter pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application.”

The judge subsequently fixed April 30 to hear Ganduje’s appeal.

…plot to remove me, a target at Tinubu’s second term

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the ex parte order affirming the suspension of the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, by a Kano State High Court is unenforceable.

The party claimed that a “fraudulent document” was used to obtain the order, insisting it would not obey it.

Ganduje also alleged that the ongoing attacks on him by the opposition New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) are to undermine the prospects of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027

On Wednesday, a Kano State High Court in an ex- parte order affirmed the suspension of Ganduje from the party by the ward executive committee. The order also restrained him from further parading himself as the National Chairman of APC.

The order was granted following an ex parte motion filed by Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani by their counsel Ibrahim Sa’ad.

But APC national legal adviser, Prof. Abdulkarim Kana told newsmen at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja that the Kano High Court lacks the jurisdiction to hear a matter from non-card-carrying members of the APC on the affairs of the party.

Kana argued that those who sought the ex-parte motion before Justice Ibrahim Sa’ad on behalf of APC Ganduje ward in Dawakin-Tofa local government area of Kano state were not only impostors but fake persons unknown to the party.

“The court has no jurisdiction on the issue. The persons who appeared before him were frauds and impersonators. One of the so-called defendants is even here with us in Abuja. The Court has gone too far on this issue.

“We heard this afternoon that they have gone to court to obtain an unlawful order which cannot be enforced. It was obtained by fraud. The individuals who obtained the order are not APC members. We don’t know them.”

Faulting the order, the party frowned at the trial judge, accusing him of granting the order without hearing from the party and Ganduje who are the respondents in the case.

Asked if the party would seek another order of the court when served the Kano judgment Kana maintained: “If it is an order obtained by fraud and any lawyer will tell you any order obtained by fraud is a nullity ab initio

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“We have not been served with a court summons, no one is going to court yet. If a judge decides on his own to listen to one side without hearing the other, or without inviting the parties who are mentioned in the process to make an order and then follow the order of the threats. You know that the Judge was interested in the case. And of course, you know what it is, it means that the judge has been compromised.”

Plot to remove me, a target at Tinubu’s second term

Receiving ward and local government executive officers of the party on a solidarity visit in his office on Wednesday, Ganduje accused the ruling NNPP in the state of masterminding all the attacks on him, describing it as a prelude to a grand plan to whittle down the electoral fortunes of the APC in Kano State in 2027.

The two-term former governor of Kano state who commended Ganduje ward executive for dissociating themselves from the purported plot to unseat him as APC national chairman, berated the desperation of the NNPP to score cheap political goals by engaging impostors to prosecute their case against him.

He said: “What is happening is that it is an incursion into our political party by the NNPP government of Kano to destroy our party. They are so concerned that in their first year in office, they have seen their failures right from the destruction of the economy of Kano state to increased political violence and also the destruction of political morality in Kano state.

“We are battle-ready to take over their government. They are concerned that Kano produces the highest votes. They are so concerned that we will repeat the same feat for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu again. We will ensure that in 2027, no vacancy for any presidential candidate from Kano and from other parts of Nigeria will win that election.

“They are out to create confusion in our party so that we will not have the courage to take over our government in Kano state. They want to ensure Tinubu does not have the intimidating votes he used to have from Kano state. We will tell them their intentions will fail, that it is impossible, that it is a falsehood.

“I am assuring the President that our party in Kano is solid, it is battle-ready to keep the votes for president very high, even the highest in Nigeria.

“We have written to the IGP, the DG DSS who are handling the case because we have their pictures, and names, and we know their political leanings. Some of them were captured even wearing Kwankwasjyya caps. They were so daft and insensitive that they couldn’t camouflage properly.”

‘I’m unshakeable,’ Ganduje tells Kano Govt

On Wednesday in a viral video, the party chairman while hosting some party faithful from Kano state in his Abuja residence on Tuesday showed Ganduje boasting to the Kano State Government that he is unshakeable.

He told party supporters that he had met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and had extracted assurances from President Tinubu that his position as the party chairman was guaranteed

He said: “Yesterday, I met with the president and I explained to him and he said he is also thankful for what you did. What was done is shambolic. He said you should be patient enough. This seat they are looking up to still stands unshakeable.

“Tell Kano State Government that the seat of National Chairman of APC in Nigeria is on Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. We are here unshakable.”