Salihu Lukman, the National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for North West, has warned against replacing the party’s immediate past National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, with the ex-Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Lukman cautioned the ruling party that replacing Adamu with Ganduje would be suicidal. He remarked amid rumours that President Bola Tinubu had backed Ganduje to become the party’s next National Chairman.
Adamu resigned over the weekend, and it was accepted by the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, during its meeting on Monday.
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Lukman stated in a statement that choosing Ganduje would contradict the ruling party’s zoning system. He emphasized the importance of the North Central o produce APC’s National Chairman after Adamu, adding that the NWC must sit up and guide the unfolding negotiations.
“Already, part of the speculations emerging from the Governor’s bloc is that Ganduje is being considered to succeed Senator Abdullahi Adamu. If this is true, it only suggests insensitivity and taking members of the party for granted. This is without prejudice to the person of Ganduje.
“This is because such a choice will completely distort the zoning arrangement that informed the present configuration of the leadership of the National Assembly.
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“The Speaker of the House of Representatives and Deputy Senate President coming from North West and North Central shut out of consideration, to propose the party’s National Chairman move to North West from North Central will be unjust and almost political suicide,” he said.
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