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Kano APC chairman, Sec. suspended over role in Kwankwaso/Ganduje faceoff

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Kano APC chairman, Sec. suspended over role in Kwankwaso/Ganduje faceoff

The recent faceoff between Kano state’s Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, and his predecessor, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has claimed more victims.

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Umar Haruna Doguwa and the Organizing Secretary, Sanusi Suraju Kwankwaso have been suspended by the party on allegations of misconduct and anti-party activities.

Their suspension was announced by Secretary of the party, Abbas Sani Abbas who also said that a seven-man Committee has been constituted to investigate the activities of the duo.

It would be recalled that the state House of Assembly had impeached it’s Chief Whip, Zubairu Mahmud over his loyalty to Senator Kwankwaso.

According to Abbas, a former Commissioner of Environment and currently Special Adviser to the governor on Political Affairs, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas Sanusi, has been appointed as the Acting Chairman.

Abbas who briefed reporters at the Maiduguri Road headquarters of state chapter of the APC on Saturday named chairman of the Committee as Alhaji Haruna Ahmadu Danzago, Secretary, Alhaji Nuraddeen Zubair and five others who were given one week to investigate and submit their findings and as well recommend appropriate actions against Doguwa and Kwankwaso.

The party secretary said: “having received complaints and petitions from card-carrying members of our great party, the APC, about the case of misconduct and abuse of office by the state party chairman, Haruna Umar Doguwa and the state Organizing Secretary, Sanusi Suraju Kwankwaso of which the former, after issuing out a press conference duly agreed upon by the party Working Committee and Elders Committee respectively, and he later betrayed the trust by making a unilateral statement that refuted the party’s position on the subject matter.

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“In the same respect, the Organizing Secretary made various radio programmes which are injurious to the party, without seeking the permission of the party. Based on the above action, we therefore, suspend the party chairman, Haruna Umar and the Organizing Secretary, Sanusi Suraju Kwankwaso, from their various position and we hereby constitute a seven-disciplinary committee which was set up to investigate the matter and take proper disciplinary measure and we urge them to discharge their duty without hindrance.”

During the faceoff between Ganduje and Kwankwaso, Doguwa had held a Press Conference, condemning Kwankwaso’s action, but later retracted from statement indicting Senator Kwankwaso of alleged indiscipline by sponsoring armed thugs to Ganduje town.

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