ESV Podar Johnson, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the party’s national chairman to step aside amid his ongoing court battles.
According to Mr. Johnson, Gandjue is supposed to step aside and clear his name from the allegations slammed against him by his statesmen.
Recall that Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the APC, was recently suspended by the executive members of his ward in Dawakin-Tofa LGA of Kano state, northwest Nigeria.
On Sunday, April 21, another group, new ward executives emerged from Gandujeâs unit, Dawakin Tofa LGA of Kano state, and issued a fresh suspension on the national chairman of the APC.
Also, the Kano state anti-corruption and public complaints commission filed a criminal charge against Ganduje over alleged bribery of $413,000 and N1.38 billion.
The commission claimed that it had assembled 15 witnesses who were ready to speak against the APC national chairman.
However, a new
In an exclusively with TimesNow.com.ng via telephone on Sunday, May 19, Podar Johnson called for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s urgent intervention on Ganduje’s probe.
Meanwhile, Tinubu and Kashim Shettima have reportedly backed the move for stakeholders to begin the search for Ganduje’s replacement.
Reacting, Mr. Johnson maintained that Ganduje’s litigations are distractions and currently affecting the party’s leadership, urging Tinubu to return the national chairmanship position to the North-central and reconcile aggrieved party chieftains and wards in various states before the National Convention.
The APC chieftain opined thus:
TimesNow.com.ng had earlier reported that the crisis rocking the APC in Kano state was far from over, as a party chieftain dragged Abdullahi Ganduje to court.
Mohammed Saidu-Etsu wants Ganduje to vacate his seat as chairman of the APC and had also asked the court to declare the former Kano governor’s appointment illegal.
This is coming weeks after Ganduje’s ward executives suspended him over his recent court battles (bribery allegations).
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
