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New APC Ganduje Ward Leaders Are Impersonators…Faces Legal Actions

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The Ganduje ward executives who counter the second suspension of the APC national chairman

 

 

Mallam Basiru Isah Nuhu, whose names were used as the new Chairman of the APC Ganduje Ward in Dawakin Tofa, resurface alongside other Person’s whose names were impersonated threatening legal actions against the perpetrators who claims to be the new Executive officers.

Speaking after written a Petitions at the Ganduje Ward APC office in Ganduje Dawakin Tofa Local Government area, Sunday, Basiru Isah Nuhu and 10 others, said they would not take the insults on the National Chairman of the Party lightly and they are going to Court to seek redressed.

Basiru and other APC members that said they were impersonated wrote a comprehensive Petitions and submitted them to the State Chapter of the Party, calling for the arrest of those who Impersonates their names.

“Impact to say it all, I’m not even an Executive officer of the Party that I have even converged a meeting in Kano to further suspend the National Chairman of the Party, I’m only a card carrying member and all those you see here none of Us is an Executive officer, so we are taking legal actions to make sure that those causing confusion in our Party are punished”.

Salisu Abdullahi Ganduje who was tagged as the Secretary of the Party by those that suspended the National Chairman, also described what happened as unfortunate which should not allowed to get away.

“Let me make it abundantly clear that I’m not an executive of the APC in Ganduje and I’m never the Secretary of the Party, therefore those who Impersonates me will be traced and taking to Court, I must completely clear my reputation in this saga”, he assured.

The State PRO of the Party, Ahmad Aruwa who received the Petitions written by the aggrieve Party Members who’s names were impersonated, assured that the matter would be taking up to Abuja and those who are behind it will be soon arrested.

“We have alerted the Security on what had happened and we are going to ensure that we arrest those impersonators and they are adequately punished according to the Law of the Land”, Aruwa said.

He said they understand that the very Person who made the new announcement was a card carrying member of the NNPP and he even Contested for Councillor in Ganduje Ward, and soon Security would get at him.

 

The last Press statement by the ward executives who suspended Ganduje the APC national chairman for the second time are as follows .

 

The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano has taken a fresh twist as a new ward executives emerged from Ganduje ward and issued fresh suspension to the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

Recall that the leadership of APC at Ganduje ward of Dawakin Tofa Local Government, Mr Ganduje’s hometown, had suspended the former governor of the state over allegations of corruption.

However, the party, at state level, voided the suspension and vowed to sanction those behind what it described as purported suspension after it also disowned them.

But, a Kano state High Court granted an exparte order to affirm the suspension of the embattled former governor of the state on Wednesday.

However, in a dramatic twist, Mr Ganduje approached a Federal High Court in Kano, which also granted him an exparte order to stop his suspension.

In another twist, a group of APC members, who claimed to be from Ganduje ward of Dawakin Tofa Local Government area and said they were validly elected on July 31, 2021, had issued a fresh suspension to the embattled Mr Ganduje.

Addressing journalists in Kano, on Sunday, secretary of APC at Ganduje ward, Ja’afar Adamu Ganduje who spoke on behalf of 11 other executive members explained that the suspension of Mr Ganduje was necessary for alleged anti-party activities which led to division and failure of the party during the last election.

Mr Adamu, who is Mr Ganduje’s nephew also accused him of igniting conflict of interest that led to two factional leadership within the party in the ward, which according to him, brought the party to disrepute in the eyes of the public.

The secretary alleged that the embattled APC national Chairman had not been paying his statutory party dues.

According to Adamu, ” We are the authentic executives of Ganduje ward and we have pass a vote of no confidence and imposed a new suspension on Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for series of reasons.

“First we have suspended Dr. Ganduje’s membership for creating internal conflict among party members at the ward level. Another major reason why the authentic executives resolved to suspend Ganduje is the issue of anti-party activities he generated during the 2023 elections, which resulted to the party’s failure in the state”.

Adamu emphasized that those two factions claiming to be executive members from the Ganduje ward are fake and impostors, alleging that it was formed by the former governor to cause division and confusion in the party.

Mr Adamu reiterated that the real leadership of the party at Ganduje ward would not hesitate to institute legal action against the two factions earlier addressed the media claiming to be the executive members.

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NUC hikes private university application fees

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The Federal Government has hiked the application fees for new private universities to N25m, a memo issued by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu said on Monday.

The previous processing fee was N5m.

The Commission said the move was part of its efforts at repositioning private universities in Nigeria to better meet the needs of the citizenry and for better coordination of the development of the Private University Education sub-sector of the Nigerian University System.

It also said it has identified the need to review the guidelines for the establishment of private universities.

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Atiku, Tambuwal, Imoke in Strategic Closed-Door Meeting with Obasanjo

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Monday led a delegation to meet with his former boss, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo at the hilltop residence of the former Nigerian leader in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

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The former vice president was accompanied by former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke and Senator Aminu Tambuwal who is a former governor of Sokoto State.

The agenda of the meeting was not known as of press time but it comes amid plans by opposition politicians to map out strategies to trounce the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and win the 2027 presidential election.

 

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Agitation For the Creation Of 31 More States: Politics Or Development?An Exercise in Futility Unless There Is Consensus – renowned Political Scientist.

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Abbas Yushau Yusuf

Last week the Nigerian House of Representatives during its plenary session told the nation that it received the proposal for the creation of more states numbering thirty-one.

Currently, Nigeria has a 36-state structure and if the proposed thirty-one are added the states will be 67. Nigeria started with three regions and has been restructured by the military and for over 64 years the agitation did not die down.

On February 5th, 2025 the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution announced on Thursday, that it has received 31 proposals for the creation of new states across the six geopolitical zones.

Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu read a letter from the committee during plenary, outlining the conditions that must be met before any state creation requests can be approved.

According to the letter, the proposals include five from the North Central, four from the North East, five from the North West, five from the South East, four from the South-South, and seven from the South West.

Among the states being considered are Okun, Okura, and Confluence (Kogi); Benue Ala and Apa (Benue); FCT State; Amana (Adamawa); Katagum (Bauchi); Savannah (Borno); and Muri (Taraba).

The states also include New Kaduna state and Gujarat states from Kaduna state; Tiga and Ari from Kano, and Kainji from Kebbi state; Etiti and Orashi as the 6th state in the South East, Adada from Enugu, Orlu, and Aba from the South East.

They also include Ogoja from Cross River, Warri from Delta, Ori and Obolo from Rivers; Torumbe from Ondo, Ibadan from Oyo, Lagoon from Lagos, and Ogun, Ijebu from Ogun, Oke Ogun/Ijesha from Oyo/Ogun/Osun states.

According to the letter, Section 8 of the 1999 Constitution as amended outlines specific requirements that must be fulfilled to initiate the process of state creation.

The letter said “a request to the National Assembly for the purpose of creating a new state shall only be passed if a request supported by at least the third majority of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the House of Assembly in respect of the area, and the Local Government Council in respect of the area, is received by the National Assembly.

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But in an exclusive interview with a renowned Nigerian Political Scientist with Kano state college of Arts and Science, CAS Kano
Dr. Kabiru Saidu Sufi and a traditional title holder of Marafan Dambatta said unless there is consensus it will be an exercise in futility.

“I think like you rightly said states have become a recurring issue in Nigerian politics overtime there have been this agitation, the more states you create the more agitation, you are likely going to have from all quarters and this one is not a new one, and there have been the debate of whether the creation of states will be beneficial or not. The proponents in practice and in theory believe if you create more states, you are creating more avenues to which you will bring government closer to the people, because as it is the size of some of the states is so large and they believe that if some of these states are broken down they will bring government closer to the people, and there is also the issue of administrative efficiency and you know some people that believe if you create more states these states are more viable and you will have more administrative efficiency and thirdly there are those who believe these states are serving as a future training ground for national leaders, so they will go to the federal level and they say most of them start from the states, so some people believe that the more states you have the more training ground you are creating, for future leaders so, then on the other hand there are those people who believe the creator of states is detrimental to political development, for example they believe you are further disuniting people than uniting them, the more states you have the more divided Nigerians are, so there are those who believe we should have few states and they say let’s even go back to the regions, so that Nigerians will have more sense of unity, and some see the states as an avenue where money is being spent, rather than saving which they say we are creating avenues for spending more money than saving, and when you spend more money is not, and there are those that see the more you create the states the more you are bringing further agitations, and there is even this debate whether it’s possible to even create states under civilian dispensation especially taking into consideration the fact that in the past all states were created during the military regime and so there is this issue of constitutional procedure of creating more states, which is not an easy exercise in which Section 19 has laid down procedures which you can amend the constitution for which you can create states and amend borders and this is a very conversant process ranging from getting the two third majority in the two federal chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives and then the two third majority of the 36 states houses of assembly and in some cases there are serious issues, and there is also involvement of getting the four fifth of the states Houses of Assembly and no matter one will look at it and see that it is not an easy exercise and is something that requires a very rigorous procedure and that may not necessarily be easy to satisfy and in that regard one can say is an exercise in futility and no matter the agitation at the end of the day it does not become a reality and the only way we can make it a reality is to have a lead consensus and when the leadership of the country agree to the desirability of the creation of the states then probably they will find a way of making it easier and when there is no lead consensus you find it to be an exercise in futility.”

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