Niger State APC Chairman Suspended Days After Presidential Election
- A few days after the presidential and National Assembly elections, the APC in Niger state suspended its chairman
- Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, has been suspended for alleged anti-party activities and for explicitly voting for Atiku Abubakar
- Niger governor, Sani Bello who is the party leader in the state, is yet to make any comment publicly on the issue
FCT, Abuja - The Niger state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, has been suspended for alleged anti-party activities.
The chairman was accused of voting for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and, at the same time, canvassed votes for the party in the last presidential and National Assembly elections.
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Jikantoro suspension was contained in a statement jointly signed by the chairman and secretary of Kashini Ward in Agwara local government area of the state, Amadu Abdullahi Yagode and Nurudeen Abdullahi.
Part of the letter read, seen by Daily Trust on Thursday, March 2 read:
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“This suspension became expedient due to the flagrant violation and disregard of the All Progressives Congress Constitution by Hon. Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, the state party chairman of the APC.
“Coupled with some acts committed by Hon. Haliru calculated to undermine the success of our party during the just concluded 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on the 25th February, 2023.
“It is on record that Hon. Haliru Zakari Jikantoro has been indulging in anti-party activities by canvassing votes for the People Democratic Party for the presidential and National Assembly elections.
“Moreover, during the elections at Hon. Haliru’s polling at Central Primary School Kashini Ward Agwara Local Government Area Niger state, he voted and canvassed votes for the PDP on the ballot papers which accounted for the reason why the APC did not win the said polling unit.”
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Meanwhile, a chieftain of the APC, Ekene Enefe, has alleged that some political parties brought in hackers from Russia and Israel to manipulate the outcome of the 2023 elections.
Enefe, who is also in charge of contact mobilisation in the APC Presidential Campaign Council, said this on Friday, March 3, on Arise Television.
He said that was why the electoral body depended on manual collation on election day.
Rivers APC members to Wike: We’ll reciprocate your support for Tinubu during guber polls
In a related development, Governor Nyesom Wike has been assured that he will get the backing of some APC members in Rivers state in the forthcoming governorship election.
Wike was said to have worked for the victory of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the just-concluded presidential election.
Some ruling party members in the south-south state say they will reward Wike’s loyalty to their candidate by voting for his preferred guber candidate.
Olawepo-Hashim congratulates Tinubu, charges him on national reconciliation
On his part, an APC chieftain, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has congratulated Tinubu for winning the 2023 presidential election.
Olawepo-Hashim also prayed that God would grant the president-elect and his deputy the wisdom to bring the nation badly divided together.
He emphasised that national reconciliation and healing are urgent and cannot be delayed to move the nation forward.
Source: Legit.ng
