The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North West Zone yesterday met in Kaduna and condemned the recent suspensions of some of its high profile members in the region, saying it is unconstitutional, null and void. The meeting held under the aegis of the APC North West Stakeholders disclosed that any suspension must follow due process and be ratified by the National Working Committee (NWC) before such can be legal and recognised.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Recall that the APC National Chairman, Alhaji Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, and the Chairman of APC Zamfara State, Alhaji Tukur Danfulani were recently suspended by their ward executives.
But speaking at the stakeholders meeting, APC National Vice Chairman (Northwest), Garba Datti Muhammad, declared that the suspensions were carried out by impostors and moles in the party and did not follow due process, thus they are unconstitutional.
The meeting was attended by APC executives, ministers, governors, national assembly members, state assembly members and former political office holders. Datti Muhammad said the meeting was convened to deliberate on issues of common interest to the party in the Northwest zone.
“A fundamental issue that must be addressed is the spate of suspensions that has become a trend whereby the party, particularly at ward level, purportedly suspends prominent party members. The latest example is Zamfara State.
We are aware that the problems in Kano and Zamfara States, are being instigated by individuals impersonating as members of our party but who are actually moles working for the opposition parties.
“Let me make it clear that, under our amended constitution, no organ of the party at any level has the power to suspend members of the party from the party until due process has been complied with at all levels after which the National Working Committee (NWC) has the final say.
In other words, no member of our party can be suspended without recourse to the NWC. To state it in clear terms, such suspensions are unconstitutional, null and void and the status quo ante remains!”
The Governor of Kaduna and Coordinating Governor of APC in the Northwest, Uba Sani in his address tasked the party to imbibe internal party democracy in order to sustain it’s progression.