Members of the Ganduje Ward in Kano State’s Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area have suspended Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Ganduje Ward Executive Council, chaired by Haruna Gwanjo, made the announcement during a news event in Kano on Monday.
Gwanjo stated that the former governor must clear his name of corruption charges related to his long-standing dollar case.
Ganduje is facing at least 8-count charges filed against him by the Kano State government under Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Prosecutors allege that the couple, along with six others, are involved in “dollar bribery allegations, misappropriation of public funds, and diversion of funds totalling $413,000 and N1.38 billion.”
According to court documents, other defendants in the lawsuit include Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd, Safari Textiles Ltd and Lesage General Enterprises.
Meanwhile, the state working committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano has nullified the suspension of Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the party.
Though Halliru Gwanzo, legal adviser of the ward, said the suspension would subsist until the former governor is cleared of the allegations.
However, Abdullahi Abbas, chairman of the APC in Kano, alleged that the ward executives who suspended Ganduje were working with the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Abbas said the ward executives have now been suspended for six months.
“We have evidence of meetings between the state government officials and those that suspended the national chairman, and the state working committee has agreed to sanction them for six months and they stand suspended,” the chairman told journalists
