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APGA leadership tussle divides party

Ahead of its May 2019 National Convention, crisis appears to be looming within the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA),  as northern leaders of the party have disassociated themselves from the demand of the former National Secretary of the party, Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, for its chairmanship position to be zone to the north.

This was contained in a statement by the Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Adamu, after a meeting of the northern leaders of the party, in Dutse, Jigawa state.

The statement called on all party faithful to disregard the demand by Shankafi, as the northern leaders of the party were not part of the Kaduna meeting neither contacted for such an important decision.

The statement, which has the signatures of 25 northern leaders of the party appended to it, added that the former national Secretary had, on April 20, chaired a meeting with some unknown people in Kaduna State where they demanded for the chairmanship of the party to be zoned to the north, saying the demand was selfishly conceived and did not represent the interest of the north.

It added that the northern leaders, reinstated their support for the national convention of the party that slated for May 2019 to be held in Akwa, the Anambra State capital.

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It argued that the choice for Akwa was based on the fact that it was the stronghold of the party.

“We the northern leaders of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), wants to inform our members and the general public that we were not part of the Kaduna meeting and we are not in any way in support of the decision reached at the so-called APGA meeting in Asaa Pyramid Hotel, Kaduna on 20th of April, 2019.

“In view of this, we have categorically disassociated ourselves from the purported meeting, chaired by the former national secretary, Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, demanding for the office of the national chairman of the party to be zoned to the north.

“Therefore, all that had been delibrated at the meeting is null and void”, it stated.

“The northern leaders have unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the national leader of the party and chairman of Board of Trustees (BoT), the Anambra state governor, Dr. Willie Obiano, for his good performance in governance.”

 

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