Victor EzejaThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) for choosing the immediate past Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, as its National Chairman.
Ganduje’s emergence as the APC national chairman was announced at the end of the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party held in Abuja on Thursday, August 3, 2023.
The party NEC also chose Senator Ajibola Basiru as the national secretary. Ganduje and Basiru replace Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore, who resigned recently, as chairman and secretary respectively.
Reacting to the appointment, the PDP through a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba, berated APC for appointing a man who has corruption allegations hanging on his neck as their national chairman.
The party alleged that Ganduje had been accused of corruption which he is yet to clear himself of.
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According to the statement, “The choice of Dr. Ganduje by the APC as its National Chairman, in spite of the stinking corruption and bribery allegations against him in the public domain, further confirms that the APC is a cesspit of corruption and a haven for thieves, bribe takers and treasury looters.
“By appointing Ganduje, notoriously referred to as “Gandola” by Nigerians over the infamous video of him barefacedly stuffing his gown with US Dollar notes as bribe allegedly from a contractor, while serving as Governor of Kano State, further validates that the APC is a putrid Party of embezzlers and charlatans.
“It also underscores APC’s impunity and insensitivity to the demands of honesty, integrity, and moral rectitude required of public office holders.”
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Referring to a viral video that showed Ganduje purportedly collected some wraps of foreign currency which some alleged was a bribe from a contractor, the opposition party claimed that a forensic analysis by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) confirmed that the content of the 2017 “Gandollar” viral video was not doctored.
The party wondered why the ex-Kano governor has not been prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
On the remarks by Ganduje during his acceptance speech that he will “hit the ground running” and that the APC under his leadership would work to ensure their victory in the forthcoming governorship election in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa, the opposition party said he is “day-dreaming.”
While referring to its victory in the July 2022 Osun governorship election, PDP claimed that a “crushing defeat awaits Ganduje and his Party, the APC, in the November 11, 2023 Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo States.”
“Moreover, the mortifying trouncing of the APC in Kano State under his watch as Governor in the 2023 general elections shows that Ganduje has no political value and cannot earn any victory in any electoral contest in the country.
“If Ganduje is desirous to “hit the ground running” as he asserted, he should run to the EFCC for investigation and prosecution for cases of alleged bribery and corruption hanging around his neck,” the statement added.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with six years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Masters degree in Mass Communication.
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