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Ali Datti Yako defects to APC
A member representing Kiru/Bebeji in the House of Representatives Ali Datti Yako has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Kano Focus reports that Mr Yako announced this in a letter read by the speaker, on Tuesday, during plenary.
The lawmakers based his reason for dumping his political party on leadership crises.
Mr Yako particularly cited incessant leadership crises in the PDP at the Kano State chapter.
Kano Focus reports that Mr Yako had defeated the former chairperson of the House Appropriations committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa during a rerun election ordered by the Court of Appeal in Kaduna last year.
He was said to have been backed by the ruling APC in Kano during the election on the condition that he would defect to the party after his inauguration.
Kicking against their defection, Minority Leader Ndudi Elumelu urged the speaker to declare Mr Yako’s seat vacant, citing relevant sections of the constitution.
The Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu, also urged the speaker to do the same, adding that the facts relied upon is completely in error.
He said a Supreme Court judgement ruled that the only crisis that warrants any lawmaker to change parties is that at the national level.
There have been at least 10 defections since the inauguration of the ninth assembly, with the APC being the beneficiary.
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Ganduje’s eldest son pays solidarity visit to Kano anti-corruption chairman, ‘lauds govt for investigating father
Mukhtar Yahya Usman
Abdulazeez Ganduje, the eldest son of the suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, paid a visit to the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhyi Rimingado, at his office.
Mr. Abdulazeez visited Mr. Rimingado on Wednesday evening to show his support for the chairman’s anti-corruption efforts.
He also expressed his endorsement of the charges brought against his father, mother, and brother by the commission.
Abdulazeez voiced his concern to the commission chairman about his unjust removal as a director of one of the companies undergoing trial, expressing his distress over being ousted without his consent.
In September 2021, Abdulazeez lodged a petition with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against his mother, Hafsat Ganduje, accusing her of corruption. In the petition, he detailed how he was approached by a property developer to assist in acquiring land in Kano for a substantial sum of money.
It was revealed that Abdulazeez paid the specified amounts in US dollars to his mother, Mrs. Ganduje. However, the property developer later discovered that the land he had paid for had been allocated to other buyers and requested a refund.
The Kano anti-corruption commission had previously taken legal action against Mr. Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, his son Umar Abdullahi Umar, and five others on charges related to corruption, misappropriation, and diversion of funds, amounting to billions of naira. Other individuals involved include Abubakar Bawuro, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Limited, Safari Textiles Limited, and Lasage General Limited.
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Breaking: Kano High Court affirms Ganduje’s suspension
Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim
Kano state high Court has affirmed the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as member of the party.
KANO FOCUS reports that the court presided over by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba on Tuesday affirmed the suspension following an exparte motion filed by Dr. Ibrahim Sa’ad Esq on behalf of two executive members APC Ganduje ward, Dawakin-Tofa local government area, the assistant secretary, Laminu Sani and legal adviser Haladu Gwanjo (plaintiffs) who were part of the nine ward executive who suspended Abdullahi Ganduje on Monday.
The order followed an ex parte motion filed Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani by their counsel Ibrahim Sa’ad.
The plaintiffs, who identified as executive members of APC Ganduje ward, said they brought the motion on behalf of the executive members of the ward.
Gwanjo, who identified as the party’s ward Legal Adviser, was the one that announced the suspension of Ganduje two days ago.
Subsequently, the court ordered, that henceforth, Ganduje should desist from presiding over all affairs of the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC.
The State Working Committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano had announced the suspension of ward party leaders who earlier announced the suspension of Ganduje.
Recall that the leadership of the party at Ganduje ward in Dawkin Tofa Local Government area announced the suspension of the party’s national chairman, citing corruption charges filed against him by the government.