By David Lawani, Abuja
Kano State Governor, Dr Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, has called on his rival, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau leading the faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano to put behind the crisis in the party.
Governor Ganduje had on Thursday floored the Shakarau’s faction at the Appeal Court over the control of the leadership structure of APC.
Responding to the judgement after a thank-you visit to the national secretariat of the APC in Abuja, Governor Ganduje, called on the defeated group to support him in making the party, 100 per cent an APC state.
“I am appealing to them (Shakarau’s faction) because we are members of one family, the APC. So I’m appealing to them to come and Kano state is almost one hundred per cent APC, we will come together and forge ahead in such a manner.”
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On the issue of a certificate to the Kano state APC chairman, the governor confirmed that the APC national secretariat has given his own state chairman Hon. Abdullahi Abbas a certificate of return.
According to him: “First of all, we have to thank God for this very important victory at the moment. As he rightly said, we APC of Kano state has got a judgement that all the elections we conducted from the wards to the state level are legally recognized.
“I want to thank the party and the leadership for initiating the peace movement to ensure that our party is united. I have to thank the party for that. A judgement has been passed in our favour and APC stakeholders in Kano are here to show our appreciation to the leadership of the party.
“We have the house leader, senator, other representatives, representatives of the 44 local government chairmen, state assembly members, elected councillors from Kano state and to you the members of the press for covering all the court proceedings.”
He was accompanied by Senator Kabiru Gaya, Majority Leader House of Representatives, Hon Ado Doguwa, among other party chieftains from Kano state.
