The move to remove the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, from office heightened again the last week following speculations that President Bola Tinubu may be considering an ambassadorial position for him to leave the country over his lingering corruption trial.
What started as a mere rumour soon gained momentum on social media and online publications, with many quoting some undisclosed persons in the ruling APC and Presidency as their sources.
But some political observers believed the story might have been planted by some party stalwarts from the North-Central, who had been agitating for the leadership seat to return to their zone following the exit of Ganduje’s predecessor, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
Recall that suspected thugs attacked and dispersed some members of the North-Central APC protesting in front of the party three months ago.
The demonstrators had stormed the party secretariat, chanting solidarity songs and displaying banners that read ‘Return APC National Chairmanship to North-Central’ and ‘Dr Ganduje, kindly resign to face your prosecution in Kano.’
the wake of the protest, a former APC chairmanship aspirant from the same region, Muhammad Etsu, filed a legal injunction to stop Ganduje from parading himself as national chairman.
According to him, the seat of the party leadership should be allowed to remain in the North-Central instead of the North-West the NEC zoned it.