
panel to resolve the crisis in the Kano State chapter
of the party.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has been locked in a
fierce battle with his predecessor Rabiu Kwankwaso
over the control of the APC in the state.
But the National Chairman of the party Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun says the APC National Secretary Mai
Mala Buni; National Organising Secretary Osita
Izunaso; and Vice-Chairman Lawan Shuiabu (North)
had been mandated to resolve the crisis.
Odigie-Oyegun said this while responding to a
presentation by a delegation of the party from Kano
at the national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday.
The former Edo State governor said, “We have only
one governor in Kano State, there is no doubt about
this. It is in our interest that the challenge between
this two of our leaders does not degenerate further.
“It is important for the party’s leadership in Kano to
be united behind the governor, especially now that
resources are very, very lean.
“Let me warn that the greatest disservice we can do
to ourselves is to have internal wars, especially in a
state as crucial as Kano.”
Spokesman for the party in the state, Bashir Karaye,
in a presentation on behalf of the delegation of over
100 elected and appointed party members including
senators, House of Representatives members, state
House of Assembly members, Commissioners and
Special Advisers from Kano, condemned
Kwankwaso’s behaviour during his last visit to the
state.
According to Karaye, while many people within and
outside the state condole with the governor over
the death of his mother, Kwankwaso even refused to
visit him.
He said, “Sadly and unfortunately, the purported
visit by Senator Kwankwaso was to say the least a
misnomer to cultural and religious norms and had
assaulted the person of the governor and his
government.”
Meanwhile, governors from the North-West held a
closed-door meeting at the Maitama residence of
Kwankwaso late on Monday in a bid to reconcile the
senator with the governor.
Although both men attended the meeting and
posed for photographs afterwards, none of them
spoke to reporters.
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