The Deputy National Organising Secretary of the ruling All Progressive Party, Nze Chidi Duru, has described the speculation suggesting the removal of the National chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje as ridiculous.
INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that some reports on social media and online publications, with many quoting undisclosed persons in the APC and Presidency as their sources, claiming that President Bola Tinubu may be considering an ambassadorial position for Ganduje to leave the country over his lingering corruption trial.
Reacting to the development on Sunday, Duru, during an interview with PUNCH, said that a removal of party leadership could cause instability and upset the apple cart.
He said: “It will be one change of guard too many. There must be stability, even in the administration of party hierarchy. That is a wishful thinking.
“I don’t know if that is how a party should be run. You cannot run the party on instability or unstable structure. It won’t augur well for any party.
“The chairmanship of the party had been zoned to the North-West. That decision was taken at the level of the NEC with all the components and organs of the party in attendance.
“If anybody feels otherwise, as I always maintain because we are a law-abiding institution, he is free to go to court.”
When approached for clarification, the APC Deputy National Secretary, Festus Fuanter.”
Recall that suspected thugs attacked and dispersed some members of the North-Central APC protesting in front of the party three months ago.
The demonstrators had stormed the party secretariat, chanting solidarity songs and displaying banners that read ‘Return APC National Chairmanship to North-Central’ and ‘Dr Ganduje, kindly resign to face your prosecution in Kano.’
Also a former APC chairmanship aspirant from the same region, Muhammad Etsu, filed a legal injunction to stop Ganduje from parading himself as national chairman.
ccording to him, the seat of the party leadership should be allowed to remain in the North-Central instead of the North-West the NEC zoned it.
