APC Chairmanship: Ruling Party Kicks Against Ganduje, Reason Emerges
- Former governor of Nasarawa state, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura is being considered for the position of the APC national chairman
- There are indications that a former Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje is also a suitable candidate
- In the meantime, some APC stakeholders from the northcentral geopolitical zone are against Ganduje's emergence as the ruling party's chairman
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FCT, Abuja - Some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are reportedly kicking against Abdullahi Ganduje becoming the new national chairman of the party.
Ganduje, an ally of President Bola Tinubu, is the immediate past governor of Kano's state. He is being touted as the successor of Abubakar Kyari, the acting chairman of the APC.
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Ganduje battle for APC chairmanship
The APC chieftains are said to be opposed to Ganduje’s emergence on the grounds that the northwest, where he comes from, already occupies the offices of the Speaker, house of representatives, and deputy senate president, Vanguard exclusively reported on Thursday, July 20.
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It is believed that the battle for who permanently succeeds Abdullahi Adamu has been narrowed down to Ganduje and Senator Tanko Al-Makura, the former governor of Nasarawa state. Although President Bola Tinubu may have settled for Ganduje as the APC national chairman, some stakeholders from the northcentral have put up a spirited fight to retain the seat in the zone.
Legit.ng understood that if Ganduje fail to clinch the coveted seat, then Al-Makura would become the new APC national chairperson.
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Legit.ng earlier reported that the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, said the "removal" of Abdullahi Adamu as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will expose so many things about the ruling party.
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