All Progressives Congress (APC) has denounced media reports of the purported suspension of the party’s national chairman, Dr Abdulahi Ganduje by the executive committee of the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin Tofa local government area of Kano State, describing it as “devious act of a group of impersonators.”
APC, in a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, said the perpetrators of the “criminal act are not card-carrying members of the party in the ward but individuals affiliated with senior officials and representatives of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP).”
Morka said 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 the party.
“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 Dr. 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.”
He revealed that the party had filed a petition with the Inspector General of Police requesting an expedited investigation into the matter so that the perpetrators and their sponsors are brought to justice.
The statement urged party faithful and the general public to disregard reports of the suspension of the national chairman.
He further stated that the impostors even went as far as using the name of their party’s legal adviser in Ganduje ward to announce the purported suspension of their hardworking national chairman without the prior consent of the said legal adviser.
