The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State has announced the “expulsion” of the party’s national vice chairman, North West, Inuwa Abdulkadir, for alleged anti-party activities.
Trouble began for the embattled national vice chairman after a member of the party from his Magajin Gari Á’ward, Naibi Abubakar, wrote a complaint letter to the ward chairman of the party accusing him of “continuous absence from party activities and meetings.”
The complainant who identified himself as a bonafide member of the APC with registration number SOK/SON/04006510 said since his election as the national vice chairman of the party, Abdulkadir “did not convene any zonal meeting of the APC in order to assess the fortunes of the party following defections to PDP of many party chieftains and members from the zone.”
Recall that the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, left the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party alongside many party members in the state, including top government officials.
Abubakar, in his complaint letter, also said Mr Abdulkadir failed to attend or participate in any of the meetings held to discuss the mode of primary to be adopted by the state chapter of the APC during the just concluded primaries to elect candidates of the party.
He also said despite being an automatic delegate, the national vice chairman failed to participate in the direct primary conducted in the state to nominate President Muhammadu Buhari as the APC presidential candidate.
He said Abdulkadir was also absent when primaries were held for the governorship and other elective offices for the APC in Sokoto.
“Inuwa Abdulkadir ridiculed the Sokoto state chapter of the APC by not sitting among other delegates from Sokoto State at the special convention of the APC where President Muhammadu Buhari was affirmed as the candidate of the APC for 2019 Presidential election,“ he said.
The petitioner also alleged that Abdulkadir had openly told a gathering of members of APC in Sokoto that the current deputy governor, Ahmad Aliyu, is not the leader of the party in the state.
He said the assertion was made despite Aliyu being a member of all the top organs of the party in the state and the North-west zone.
He said Abdulkadir also told party members that former governor and serving senator, Aliyu Wamakko, is not one of the leaders of the party in the state.
Abubakar also said since the defection of Governor Tambuwal to the PDP, Abdulkadir “has not made any public statement to renounce his allegiance to the governor.”
He said Abdulkadir had in fact “told APC members and supporters that Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is the only political leader in Sokoto state.”
The petitioner said Abdulkadir is still maintaining his allegiance to Tambuwal and by extension the PDP, because he has failed to resign as the chairman Governing Council of Sokoto State University, a position given to him by Tambuwal.
“I therefore call on the ward executive to consider my complaint and take appropriate action against Inuwa Abdulkadir,” Abubakar said.
TNG reports that the national secretariat is however yet to affirm the suspension.
