APC suspends Women Leader over comments on Gov. Sani

The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its state women leader, Maryam Suleiman over comments on the Governor of the State, Senator Uba Sani.

The Governor had over the weekend taken a swipe at the former Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s administration on the huge debt left behind making it difficult for him to run the state effectively. This has since sparked controversies amongst party stakeholders on the relationship between the Governor and his predecessor.

Addressing stakeholders during a town hall meeting on saturday, Governor Sani said he inherited a debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from the El-Rufai administration, a situation which he said has made the present government unable to pay workers salaries due to deductions from the federal allocation.

The Women Leader was one of those who decided to make her stand known by shooting a video and expressing her opinion on the matter.

In the video she made in the Hausa language, the APC women leader criticised Governor Sani’s statement on the huge debt burden left behind by former governor Nasir El-Rufai’s administration.

She accused Governor Sani of maladministration and warned him to stop blaming El-rufai for his failure. Reacting to her video, a suspension letter dated March 31st, signed by the APC chairman and secretary of Badarawa/Malali ward, Ali Maishago and Zakkah Bassahuwa respectively, says the women leader was suspended for allegedly defaming the character of Governor Uba Sani, and unauthorised publicity of the party’s dispute that discredited the personality of the governor.

She was alleged to have sent thugs to attack the political adviser to the governor, Manzo Maigari.

The letter noted that the women leader’s action is against Article 21, 2 (v) of the APC constitution. The party said the suspension is indefinite pending the investigation into the allegations.