Gwanjo, who hinged the suspension on the alleged bribery
case brought against Ganduje and his wife, said the decision was taken by nine
executive members of the APC ward.
The move was quickly followed up with a Kano High Court
order on Wednesday restraining Ganduje from parading himself as the APC
national chairman.
Despite spirited efforts to abort the move by Kano APC,
which immediately suspended the ward executives for their roles, the new court
injunction proved to be a stumbling block.
The court order was, however, put on hold when the embattled
national chairman secured another Federal High Court injunction presided over
by Justice A.M Liman.
The ruling was given after Ganduje filed an exparte motion
seeking to enforce his fundamental right to a fair hearing.
Addressing the audience on Tuesday, he again accused the New
Nigeria People’s Party and Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, of masterminding
his purported suspension to embarrass him.
He said, “We were so astonished when we heard the news but
we were not surprised when we discovered that the great threat that APC
overwhelmingly poses to other parties is real and Kano State is not an
exception.
“The government in Kano State is behind this drama. Even the
drama is one kind of drama that is called Africa Magic. This is Africa Magic
and it is not leading democracy anywhere. It is a negative innovation where
members who belong to a different political party, not even our members, let
alone being elected executive members of either the ward or to the highest
level at the state, meet themselves and take resolutions that affect the nation
as far as our party is concerned, that is not acceptable.
“Our party cannot be distracted, we assure you. Our
attention cannot be diverted. We are focused. We know where we are heading. We
know our objectives and we know how to achieve our objectives”.
Earlier, the Forum of All Progressives Congress State
Chairmen had passed a vote of confidence on the embattled national chairman.
The delegation of 37 state chairmen gave the endorsement
during a solidarity visit to the secretariat of the party in Abuja to pledge
their allegiance to the embattled national chairman.
Addressing the gathering, the Acting Chairman of the forum
and Lagos APC chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, said they are solidly behind Ganduje
and will defend him against external aggression.
Ojelabi said, “We are here this afternoon on just one
mission. Chairman, we are here to let you know that you’re the captain of the
ship. We are here to let you know that we are also your foot soldiers in the 36
states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and FCT. We are here to show our
solidarity and sincere commitment to appreciate what members of the National
Working Committee have been doing in standing by you by giving you total
support.
“We feel it’s important that the act of that solidarity
should not be limited to members of the NWC alone. Today we bring the
solidarities from the 36 states of the Federation including FCT, to tell members
of the public through the media that we’re solidly, solidly, solidly behind
you. You have started the journey, a journey of growing our party, a journey of
expanding our party, a journey of restructuring our party and a journey of
making our party the one all will love. And we’re pretty sure that you’re on
course.
“You kept on briefing us on every step you are taking and
from what we have seen, they (alleged impostors) are not even members of our
party. They are coming to derail the process of progression we are witnessing
in our party. It is not in our dictionary. Mr Chairman, on behalf of my
colleagues, I want to thank you for providing leadership, and God Almighty will
continue to be with you.”
