The protesters based their demands on Ganduje’s recent purported suspension by a faction of his ward executives in Dawakin Tofa local government area of Kano State.
The APC claims the suspension was carried out by impostors allegedly sponsored by the state government and called attention to the bribery allegation levelled against Ganduje by the Kano State government.
Chanting solidarity songs and displaying posters with slogans like ‘Ganduje Must Resign’ and ‘Return the APC Chairmanship to the North-Central’, the protesters appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, to consider returning the party leadership to their region.
The protesters, under the auspices of Concerned North-Central APC Stakeholders, argued that Ganduje’s continued stay in office violates the party’s zoning process.
They claimed to have passed a vote of no confidence in Ganduje and demanded his immediate resignation.
They further expressed feeling betrayed when the position of APC national chairman was taken from the North-Central after Abdullahi Adamu’s exit, despite giving Tinubu the third highest votes after the North-West and South-West in the 2023 presidential election.
Mohammed Mahmud Saba, leader of the demonstrators, stated: “We, the North-Central APC Concerned Stakeholders, have resolved to unanimously agitate for our right and reclaim our mandate, which was handed unto us by the national convention of our great party in 2022.
“It is a fact that the emergence of Umar Ganduje as national chairman was done against the spirit and soul of the APC which is the constitution of our great party.’’
