APC N/Central stakeholders intensify push to edge out Ganduje, court N/West

The North Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has sought the support of its North West counterpart to edge out the embattled national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, so that the region (North Central) can reclaim the seat.

The forum warned the North West APC against backing Ganduje or passing any form of vote of confidence on him. 

Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday in Jos, Plateau State, on the outcome of last Sunday’s meeting of North West APC stakeholders held in Kaduna, the forum’s chairman, Alhaji Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, said several votes of no confidence had already been passed on Ganduje from several quarters, and anything contrary to that from the North West APC would be counterproductive. 

The chairman pointed out that commendation by the North West stakeholders in Kaduna for the leadership of the party was partly insensitive due to the crises rocking the party, which are yet to be resolved. 

Zazzaga, who was also a member of the Presidential Campaign Council in the last election, explained further that apart from Ganduje’s Kano ward, there had been other protests, litigations, and other agitations against him; hence, his remaining in that office would only destroy the APC and cause friction among the members.

He advised that since Ganduje allegedly had loads of issues surrounding him, the best thing for him was to quit so as not to cause any harm or incur legal liabilities for the party and give the opposition an advantage.

Also, the chairman explained that the forum had been working cordially with the North West APC, and their counterpart should not allow the relationship to go sour because of Ganduje.

“We are cautioning the North West APC against any move to back Ganduje because he is from the North West. Apart from the crisis rocking Ganduje and its ability to tear the party apart, the seat he is occupying is supposed to be for the North Central, and we are calling on our North West counterparts to support us as we push to reclaim it.

“The North West already has good positions like the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Deputy Senate President, among others, and the APC national chairmanship position that, by virtue of party arrangement, should be for the North Central is being occupied by Ganduje from the North West,” he said.

He also stated that the hearing of the suit filed against Ganduje by the North Central APC Forum would come up on May 30 and called on all the people of the region and stakeholders to pray and support the forum to emerge victorious.