El-Rufai’s suspension by illegitimate group, laughable – APC

Kaduna

The Kaduna state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the alleged suspension of Governor Nasir el-Rufai by the ‘illegitimate’ Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi splinter group as laughable and should be disregarded.
This was just as the party’s State Executive Committee (SEC) said, sales of forms for the party primaries ahead of the Kaduna state local government elections slated for May 12, will commence this week.
Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the SEC meeting at the party Secretariat on Ali Akilu road, Kaduna yesterday, Acting Secretary of the party, Yahaya Baba Pate said, the meeting adopted the recommendations of the State Working Committee on the local government elections and commended the ongoing registration of party members.
According to Pate, the party is set to roll out the timetable in few days time, for the party primaries ahead of the local government elections.
Reacting to the purported suspension of Governor El-Rufai by a faction of the party, Pate said, “the so called chairman of the faction, Danladi Wada is an imposter and such person lacks power to suspend any member of the party.
“The authentic chairman of the party is Alhaji Shuaibu Idris. He is the chairman recognised by the national leadership of the party. Just last week, he received an invitation letter from the national secretariat, signed by the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, inviting him for National Executive Committee meeting next week.
“The Senator Hunkuyi-led group is illegitimate. As far as we are concerned, most of them have been expelled including the so called factional chairman, Danladi Wada. As for Senator Hunkuyi, he is under six months suspension, because we cannot expel him. Only the national leadership can expel him, because he is a political office holder,” he said.

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