NEC Meeting: North Central APC Halts Demand For Ganduje’s Ouster

The All Progressive Congress (APC) North Central Forum (NCF) has  suspending its agitation for the removal of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as the national chairman as the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC)  meets soon.

The forum opposed Ganduje’s appointment, arguing that the position is for the North Central according to the party zoning agreement in 2022.

The forum recently dragged Ganduje to a Federal High Court in Abuja praying for the nullification of his appointment as the national chairman of the party.

However, in a statement yesterday, the forum said it has put its agitation on hold, pending the NEC meeting.

Chairman of the forum, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, said while they are not opposed to Ganduje as a person, they are pursuing the rights, privileges and democratic dividends of the region.

The chairman who said peace and reconciliatory initiatives are being made, noted that they are ready to oblige as their overall intension is for the progress of the party.

“It has been seven years since the formation of this great North Central APC Forum. Seven years of formidable struggle and agitation in defense of our geo-political zone. We have indeed led struggles for the political balance of our region and the Almighty Allah is gracious to us as a people.

“You may recall that, when the former National Chairman of our Party, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu resigned his position in 2023, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was elected by the National Executive Committee, NEC as his replacement.

“Immediately after the announcement, we stood in defense of our region, insisted that,  Abdullahi Adamu’s successor should have come from the North Central geo-political zone in line with the party’s constitution. We addressed press conferences, organized protests and instituted lawsuit against the national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje at a Federal High Court Abuja.

“It was a long judicial battle that we believe was going to be victorious, unfortunately, the court decided the case against us. We were committed, dogged and resilient in pressing on. Still we give glory to Allah for he knows all things.

“Let it be on record that we do not have personal issue against the person of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, he is our national chairman.

“Our activism is based on our feelings that the national chairman should have been retained in the north central zone after the exit of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu.

“We have come to agreement that the NEC has all the powers to make decisions for our party including the zoning and elections into vacant positions of our party. We understand that it was NEC that elected Ganduje. More importantly is the fact that, another NEC is by the corner where further decisions will made to the advantage of party as we prepare towards 2027 general elections.