CRISIS THREATENS APC IN JIGAWA... Stakeholders Call For Cancellations Of Congresses

Abubakar Badaru

“The leadership of APC in Jigawa state has been hijacked by Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar Badaru who single-handedly championed the congresses that produced consensus nomination of Alhaji Aminu Sani Gumel as chairman APC Jigawa State alongside Thirty five (35) other Executive Council (EXCO) members.”

Palpable crisis has presently engulfed the Jigawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC following allegations by party's stakeholders against the state Governor, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar.

The stakeholders are accusing the Governor for single handedly, championing the congresses that produced the consensus nomination of Alhaji Aminu Sani Gumel as chairman of APC in Jigawa state, alongside thirty five (35) other executive council members, insisting that the action contravenes the ruling party's constitutional provision.

The stakeholders who petitioned the national leadership of the ruling APC under the leadership of Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), are alleging that the State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar is "terrorizing them."

The APC members also demanded for the immidiate cancellation of the State Congress.

Although, the first petition addressed to the Chairman of the CECPC, Governor Mai Mala Buni, dated 30th of October 2021, and again reminded the national headquarters, awaiting for its action to that effect.

In the said petition, signed by six leaders of the group, which includes Alhaji Sani Ibrahim Taura, Barrister Hafizu Abubakar, Alhaji Bala Idi Kazaure, Mukhtar Garba Garki and Saifullahi Muhammad Mudasshir, accused governor Badaru Abubakar of self imposition of the state EXCO'S of the party against the wishes of the majority.

Parts of the petition reads “Reference to the petition written dated 30th of October, 2021 and submitted to your good office; as stakehokters that participated actively in building APC in Jigawa state, we write to remind and bring the attention of your good office, the need to do justice to the crises bedeviling the APC in jigawa state.

In the said petition, the petitioners drew the attention of the APC Caretaker Executives that “The leadership of APC in Jigawa state has been hijacked by Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar Badaru who single-handedly championed the congresses that produced consensus nomination of Alhaji Aminu Sani Gumel as chairman APC Jigawa State alongside Thirty five (35) other Executive Council (EXCO) members.”

The Jigawa APC stakeholders said in the petition that due process and provisions of the constitution of APC was strangled on 16th October, 2021 in the name of party state congress Jigawa state chapter.

“We, the undersigned and card carrying members of APC been critical stakeholders of the party in Jigawa state observed with concern how due process and provisions of the constitution of our great party was strangled on 16th October, 2021 in the name of party state congress Jigawa state chapter.

“We are aggrieved with what was termed as state congress which produced Alhaji Muhammadu Sani Gumel as chairman alongside thirty-frve (35) other Executive Council (EXCO) members in the state on the following grounds:

“There was no genuine consensus that produced the current leadership of the state Executive council because not all stakeholders were carried along or contacted, no nomination forms were offered for sales to any member apart from those installed for consideration by Governor Alhaji Muhammed Badaru Abubakar.

“There was no balanced consideration of interest groups that made up the party architecture in the state in sharing the leadership positions. In particular interest groups from defined ANPP, CPC, and AC were not considered, the Governor only hand-picked the EXCO and handed over the party affairs in the state to a crop of people who are not known by all and sundry.

“There was deliberate denial of access to the venue of the congress,the petitioners and other members eligible to contest or attend the meeting which were disowned entrance to the venue by the order of the governor and was done deliberately in order to deny the  aggrieved members from expressing their positions in a voice vote during the Congress as provided by article 20 of the APC Constitution 2014 (as amended)”.

All efforts to reach both Special Adviser (Political) to Governor Badaru, Alh. Aminu Kanta and APC state Chairman, Alh. Aminu Sani Gumel for further comments prove abortive.

BY DAHIRU SULEIMAN, DUTSE.