Senator Shehu Sani
The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, Shehu Sani of the
All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State was on Monday suspended from the
party.
The senator, a registered member of the party from the Tudun Wada ward, was
suspended for anti-party activities and other offences. The suspension was
conveyed in a letter to the senator dated December 27. The suspension was for a
period of 11 months and that, henceforth, “the senator is disengaged from
partaking in or attending party activities in Kaduna State.”
In the letter signed by the secretary of the ward, Ahmed Abdulhamid; the
Public Relations Officer, Auwal Mai Anguwa; and ex-officio member, Aminu Alilan,
said Sani was being suspended for various offences.
According to reports, the party listed Sani’s offences to include, uttering
statements that allegedly violated the rules of engagement of the party,
factionalising the party and engaging in anti-party activities by criticising
the policies of Governor Nasir el-Rufai.
It said, “Hardly a week passes by that his group will not be on air
criticising and challenging the enduring legacies of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, that
his statement on national issues is not in conformity with that of the state
government and government of Kaduna State.”
The party also said the senator had chosen to remain in constant
confrontation with the government of Kaduna State. When contacted, an aide to
Sani, Mr. Suleiman Ahmed, said it was clear that those who wrote the letter were
ignorant of the laws guiding the APC.
He said though it was clear from the letter that the people were out to
stop the senator from expressing his views about what he considered as the
anti-people policies of the El-Rufai administration, the move would not stop him
from expressing his views.
Ahmed said, “They are toeing the line of the state secretariat of the
party, so our reaction is that those that wrote this letter are ignorant of the
party’ constitution and they are dancing to the tune of the state executive of
the party and Governor Nasir el-Rufai.”
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