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▪︎Chanting "Ganduje must resign”
Scores of protesters stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Thursday, demanding the immediate resignation of the National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.
This is following his recent suspension by a faction of his ward executives and the alleged bribery allegation levelled against him by the Kano State government.
The agitation comes days after the Forum of APC State Chairmen passed a vote of confidence on Ganduje and backed him to remain as national chairman.
The protesters were seen chanting solidarity songs with banners inscription that read, “Ganduje must resign” and “Return the APC chairmanship to North Central.”
The protesters however called on the federal government led by President Bola Tinubu and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, to consider returning the leadership of the party to their region.
The protesters under the aegis of Concerned North Central APC Stakeholders lamented that the continued stay of Ganduje in office was a clear violation of the zoning process in the party.
The Leader of the demonstrators, Mohammed Mahmud Saba, “We the North Central APC Concerned Stakeholders have resolved to unanimously agitate for our right and reclaim our mandate which was handed unto us by the National Convention of our great Party in 2022.
“It is a fact that the emergence of Dr. Umar Ganduje as national chairman was done against the spirit and soul of the APC which is the constitution of our great party. This singular act has impacted negatively on us as a people in the North Central.
We feel betrayed and spited because we gave His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the third highest votes after North West and South West in the country which put us in a better position to enjoy the fruit of our labour.
“We, therefore, demand that Dr Umar Ganduje resign immediately and stop parading himself as the National Chairman of our great party. The party organs should wake up from their slumber and mobilize their members against this impunity until Ganduje resigns as the national chairman.”
