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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ganduje Ward of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, on Wednesday, denied being behind Monday’s suspension of the party’s national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.
The legal adviser of the party in Ganduje Ward, Halliru Gwanzo, disclosed this when he led a 27-member delegation on a solidarity visit to national chairman, Ganduje, at the party’s national secretariat, in Abuja.
Gwanzo said that he knew nothing about the court case filed against the former Kano governor, on Tuesday.
The development comes two days after the same politician told newsmen in Kano that the decision to suspend Ganduje was taken by the leadership of the party in the ward.
Gwanzo cited the bribery charges filed against Ganduje by the Kano State Government and his imminent arraignment as the reason for their action.
But addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Gwanzo, who claimed he was impersonated, begged the ruling party to probe the matter and punish those found culpable.
“I am here today with 27 members from our ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State to tell the whole world that we know nothing about the purported suspension of our national chairman. It is not true.
“I was surprised, just like every other person, to see my name again as one of the plaintiffs that took legal action against him this morning. It is utterly false.
“I know nothing about all these allegations, and I am using this opportunity to call on the leadership of our great party and the National Working Committee to go after the impersonators.
“They should not be spared. We know this is orchestrated by the NNPP government and the Kwankwasiyya group,” he said.