This was made known by his
spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, when he appeared on Channels Television on Monday
night.
When asked whether his principal
stands suspended, Aruwan replied: “What I would want you to know is that His
Excellency Governor Nasir El-Rufai is not suspended by APC in Kaduna state.
“And I also want you to know that
in Kaduna there is only APC that is legally recognized by the national
leadership and majority of the members on
“I want you to know that the man
who declared El-Rufai suspended is an impostor and is not recognized by the
national leadership of the party neither he is recognized by the leadership of
the APC in Kaduna.
“Some people are not comfortable
with the progress El-Rufai is making in the state and that is why they are
bringing all kind of antics to distract the Tinubu-led committee that would be
coming to Kaduna very soon, as part of the initiative to reconcile different
interest groups across the country.
“I want you to know there are no
factions of APC in Kaduna.”
Aruwan went on to display some
documents backing his claim via Skype.
On Sunday, two factions of the
party — the ‘Akida APC’ and the ‘Restoration APC’ — had, after a stakeholders’
meeting on Sunday, announced the suspension of the Governor for six months over
what they described as “anti-party activities”.
Those who attended that meeting
include an aspirant during the party’s governorship primaries in 2015, Isa
Ashiru; Chief of Staff to Senate President, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed; owner of
Kaduna-based Liberty FM radio, Dr. Tijjani Ramalan; Senator representing Kaduna
Central, Senator Shehu Sani; and his counterpart from the Northern Senatorial
District, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, among others.
Rearrange the letters EL RUFAI and you get FAILURE.
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