UPDATED: APC Suspends Party Chairman Ganduje Over Bribery Allegations

The All Progressives Congress ward in Ganduje in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State has suspended the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje over bribery allegations.

This decision was communicated on Monday by the party ward legal adviser, Halliru Gwanzo, while addressing newsmen in Kano State.

He said bribery allegations levelled against the former governor by the Kano State Government informed the decision for the suspension.

He said, “We decided to suspend Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje from the party due to the seriousness of the allegations against him,” Gwanzo said.

Meanwhile, efforts to contact the Chief Press Secretary to the APC National Chairman, Mr Edwin Olufo, failed as his mobile phone was switched off.

Text message sent to his telephone number has also not been responded to as of the time of this report.

Details later…

Reacting to the suspension, the Chairman of APC Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Inusa Dawanau announced the sacking of those behind the suspension of Ganduje.

He said those who issued the suspension have flouted party rules and regulations and have been engaging in anti-party activities.

The State Working Committee joined the local government committee and adopted the suspension of the ward’s APC leaders, which suspended Ganduje .

“They have sanctioned them for six months, and a special investigations panel has been set up to verify several allegations against them,” the State Working Committee announced.

The committee declared Ganduje’s suspension as invalid, null and void.

Also, the state’s APC chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas,declared the suspension as illegal.

“We have evidence of meetings between the State Government officials and those who suspended the National Chairman, and the State Working Committee has agreed to sanction them for six months.

“They will remain suspended until the expiration of the period,” Abbas said.

The ward’s legal adviser Halliru Gwanjo had announced Ganduje’s suspension following his indictment in a corruption case by the Kano State Government.

The state government had announced that Ganduje would be arraigned in the State High Court on April 17, 2024. He would be arraigned alongside his wife and son for alleged bribery on eight counts, including a $413,000 bribery allegation, diversion, and misappropriation of funds totalling N1.38 billion.

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