Kaduna APC crisis deepens

Femi Adi/Kaduna

Barely twenty four hours after the All Progressives Congress, APC, suspended Senator Shehu Sani, the crises rocking the party in the state has continued to deepen with the former APC Deputy Chairman and new factional Chairman, Alhaji Shuaibu Danladi Wada accusing the current APC Chairman, Alhaji Shuaibu Idris as an impostor.

Wada who blamed division of the party in the state on influence from some forces within Government House, said impunity in Kaduna APC must stop and all must allow the legitimate elected officials to perform their statutory functions as the state executives.

The factional Chairman who stated this in a press statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday, said dumping the Deputy Chairman and elevating mere member to status of acting chairman after the former Chairman Bala Bantex became Deputy Governor is illegal and unacceptable.

According to Wada, instead of allowing the then Deputy Chairman of the party to take over in acting capacity before a proper election is conducted , he was sidelined.

“What we are having as APC in Kaduna is a kangaroo, rubber stamp and an appendage of the state government,” he stated.

While drawing attention to a purported claim by Alhaji Shuaibu Idris that he is the acting APC Chairman, Wada said it is illegal and he should desist from such illegal claim.

Though Wada noted that Shuaibu Idris is the current APC Chairman in the state, he said that he has been sidelined from the financial transactions of the party.

“We therefore call on Sterling Bank to stop any transaction on behalf of the party. Such act is a gross violation of the party’s constitution,” he said.

He tasked the media to clarify claims from the national Secretariat and INEC about who won the party chairmanship election held in June 2014.

Recently another faction of APC in Kaduna emerged under the umbrella of True Kaduna APC. It was at that point that the party in the state became factionalised.

The party in the state on Monday suspended Senator Shehu Sani over what it described as anti-party activities following his alleged attacks on the policies of the state Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.