Haruna Sa'eed Kajuru, APC Chieftain Dumps Party; Cites Unequal Treatment and Poor Handling of Affairs of the Party

Haruna Sae'ed Kajuru 

A political associate and loyalist of President Muhammadu Buhari, Haruna Sa'eed Kajuru, has withdrawn his membership of the All Progressive Congress, APC.



Kajuru, a former gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC in 2011, in well attended press conference in Kaduna on Thursday, 15th March 2018, shocked stakeholders of the APC by announcing his withdrawal from the party.

Haruna Sa'eed Kajuru, while addressing Journalists in his office in Kaduna said that his decision to leave the party was as a result of the numerous crises that had engulfed the APC in the past few years.

According to the staunch supporter of Muhammadu Buhari, "things are moving in a direction many of the leaders of the party at the state level never expected.

Below are excerpts from his speech.

"I Haruna Yunusa Sa’eed ‎have decided today 15 March 2018 to withdraw my Membership from the APC. I have been a founding member of the party based on the merger that came to be which led to the ruling party.

“I happen to be a key member of the CPC,  not only been a member but a flag bearer of the party in 2011 in Kaduna State.

“In fact, we won the election at that time but we were short-changed in the usual manner by the then ruling party the PDP.

“I played a vital role in APC as a dominant player but the activities of the arty in the state left so much to be desired. Because of that all efforts that we have made to see that things changed for the better has been in vain".

“Expecially those of us that are not being considered as members of the party. Whatever we said seem not to be listened to. Whatever we asked for is never considered."

“Indeed the party has chosen to look at the members differently"aggrieveWhatever is being done today is only to certain section of the party and a party is not run like that. ‎Party is supposed to be that every member has an equal space to contribute."

“Since that is not the case then I don’t think I should be part of it now. which is why I withdrew from the party today."

Haruna Sa'eed, incidentally happens to be the longest serving Accountant General of the State, having spent about 11 years in office before moving to NIETI as Executive Secretary.

The 2015 Governorship Aspirant in his response to questions on his next line of action, stated that; "I think we will ponder over issues. I will look at the situation myself and other colleagues that have decided to take this line of action and will decide on an appropriate time ‎for the next immediate step to take based on consultation", he said.

Responding to questions on the likelihood of him seeking to pursue his political ambition to contest for governor, he disclosed that;

“‎We will look at things the way they are and the way they will be. So events will continue to unfold and I am sure the event of today will equally lead to other events and because of that it will hasten on our part to say our next move".

“Every party ‎exists in providing space and if that fails to exist, if issues were not carried out to the satisfaction of each members they end up bring aggrieved.

“But on individual basics I can tell you that many things that we believed should  have happened in Kaduna State were not done."

“The party in kaduna had a lot of crisis and there has being no positive move to address the crisis. I have given my contribution on the way forward many times but never any action taken."

“It had gotten to a time where party could not hold meeting until directed to hold meeting and Haruna Sa’eed will not be seen as significant enough to be invited. I was not even considered to be a stakeholder in kaduna State."

“I was part of the people that formed this party.  I was also a flag bearer of CPC. ‎But still this party didn’t consider me a stakeholder. Again, the Party has no leadership in the state which we have said over and over again.

“No chairman, no secretary no vital leadership in the state. They refused to meet to see that certain things are done and if anybody voices out anything then the party takes defence."

“You don’t defend anything that is obvious. If we asked ‎for certain things to be done in order for the party to move foward we are doing so because we believe it is for the betterment of the party and those of us members and in general the state.

“These are issues that we can refer to as personal or otherwise with far reaching consequences.

On the constituted reconciliation committee headed by former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, he has this to say.

“There was lack of regards to us even when other measures are been carried out, no group ever came to Kaduna to speak to Haruna Sae'ed's group. We have never being consulted because we don’t fight, we don’t abuse, we don’t disparage, we don’t use dirty languages and we don’t ask for things".

“Then it is believed that we don’t matter and so we don’t belong. So nobody will come to consult".

“We are not taking this decision simply to draw attention. If a party's worth its salt, it should be able to identify those members who significantly contributed to the growth of the party.

On the likelihood that he might later have a rethink about his decision, Haruna Sae'ed responded by saying;

“‎I don’t think we will have a rethink about our decision".