The crisis rocking the Kano State
Chapter of the All Progressives Congress appears to be getting worse as
supporters of Governor Umar Ganduje are insisting on cutting ex-Governor
Rabiu Kwankwaso to size.
Findings by SUNDAY PUNCH on
Saturday showed that although the National Working Committee of the
party had opened a channel of communication with Ganduje and his
predecessor, hardliners in the governor’s camp insisted on punishing the
former governor.
Barely 48 hours after removing the Chief
Whip of the state House of Assembly, a known Kwankwaso ally, the party
leadership announced the suspension of the state party chairman, Umar
Doguwa.
Ganduje’s Political Adviser, Abdullahi
Abbass, had been named as the party’s new acting chairman. Abbass
served as commissioner in the Kwankwaso administration.
The decision was endorsed by 43 out of
the 44 local government chairmen in the state as well as members of the
state House of Assembly at a well attended meeting in Kano on Saturday.
Doguwa was among other things, accused
of anti-party activities. His main offence was that he dissociated
himself from a statement where the majority of the state leadership of
the party pledged allegiance to Ganduje.
As things stand, 34 of the 39 surviving
members of the state House of Assembly (there were 40 members, one died)
have pledged allegiance to Ganduje.
This is coming at a time the Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee, is expressing confidence
that the feud will soon be over.
In a telephone interview with SUNDAY PUNCH,
Odigie-Oyegun said, “We are engaging with the governor and his
predecessor. The very good and encouraging thing is that the two men are
enthusiastic and cooperative and I assure you that all the issues will
soon be resolved.”
Doguwa had earlier recanted a statement
he made on Thursday, threatening former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso with
suspension for organising a “violent rally.”
Doguwa had while addressing journalists
in Kano on Thursday, said Kwankwaso faced suspension from the party for
sponsoring a violent rally while paying a condolence visit to the
governor over the death of his mother.
He said Kwankwaso exhibited “acts of indiscipline which should not be allowed to go unpunished.”
Doguwa also said the party’s leadership
and elders had approved the inauguration of a disciplinary committee to
penalise Kwankwaso.
According to him, the condolence visit
was deliberately turned to a violent rally to cause mayhem in the state
and to abuse the governor and President Muhammadu Buhari.
PUNCH.
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