Court Affirms Ganduje’s Suspension As APC National Chairman

Kano Court Affirms Ganduje’s Suspension As APC National Chairman.
Suspension stemmed from ex parte motion filed by Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani.
APC NWC petitions Inspector-General of Police to probe individuals behind Ganduje’s suspension, asserting they are not legitimate party officials.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Kano State High Court has upheld the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The court, in granting an ex parte order, also prohibited Ganduje from portraying himself as a member of the party.

This decision was made by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba on Tuesday, as reported by this online media platform.

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The order stemmed from an ex parte motion filed by Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani, represented by their counsel Ibrahim Sa’ad. The plaintiffs, identified as executive members of APC Ganduje ward, filed the motion on behalf of the ward’s executive members.

Gwanjo, serving as the party’s ward Legal Adviser, had previously announced Ganduje’s suspension two days ago.

Subsequently, the court ordered, that henceforth, Ganduje should desist from presiding over all affairs of the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC.

This online media platform recalls Ganduje was on Monday, suspended by his ward in Ganduje, DawakinTofa local government area of Kano State over alleged corruption.

Speaking to journalists, the legal adviser of the ward, Haladu Gwanjo, said the former Kano Governor is alleged to have committed gross misconduct and misappropriation of public funds during his administration in Kano.

According to him, the Executive members of the ward resolved to suspend Ganduje’s membership after a vote of no confidence passed on him due to his inability to clear his name from a wide range of allegations of corruption, particularly the widely circulated video where he allegedly received dollars as a bribe from a contractor.

However, the Kano State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a quick reaction on Monday afternoon, thwarted the suspension of the national chairman and sacked the ward leaders behind the purported suspension.

Speaking with reporters, the APC Dawakin Tofa Local Government Chairman, Inusa Dawanau, said those behind the suspension of Ganduje were caught in anti-party activities, and their records of meetings with the opposition have been exposed.

In addition to the suspension, the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party also sanctioned them for six months and set up a panel to verify several allegations against them.