Kano APC leaders accuse lawmaker, council boss of support for NDC, alleges antiparty

Some prominent leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Albasu Local Government Area of Kano State have accused the member representing Albasu state constituency in the Kano State House of Assembly Hon Musa Tahir Hungu and the council Chairman Garba Aliyu Hungu of supporting the NDC Kano South senatorial candidate Kassim Ibrahim Bataiya.

The APC members also petitioned Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and the party’s State Working Committee, calling for disciplinary action against the party chieftains for alleged anti-party activities.

The aggrieved APC members alleged that the two officials were working against the interests of the APC and its senatorial candidate, Senator Kawu Sumaila.

In a petition signed by more than 300 party officials and leaders across the wards and local government, the APC members called on the governor and the APC leadership in Kano to investigate the allegations and determine whether the actions of the two officials violated the party’s constitution.

According to them, the relationship between the two officeholders and Bataiya dates back to their previous political affiliation, alleging that the NDC candidate played a role in assisting the two officials, before their present position in the APC.

The petitioners further alleged that some elected councillors, political appointees and local government party officials had continued to participate in activities organised by the NDC senatorial candidate, with some allegedly attending his campaign rallies and encouraging support for his candidacy.

They accused the Albasu Local Government Chairman of making available the local government town hall to Bataiya for political meetings and the launch of his senatorial campaign despite being a member of the opposition NDC.

They said a fact-finding committee had been set up by the political leadership of Albasu Local Government, under Dr Yunusa Adamu Dangwani, to examine the allegations.

However, the petitioners alleged that the two officeholders denied the committee the opportunity to carry out its assignment.

On the distribution of government empowerment programmes, the petitioners alleged that benefits intended for party members and supporters had frequently been diverted to individuals they described as loyalists of the NDC senatorial candidate.

They expressed concern that genuine APC members in Albasu had been marginalised in the distribution of such benefits, calling for greater accountability in the implementation of state government programmes at the grassroots.

They further alleged that while other local governments provided 30 buses or more to transport party members to the Kaduna rally, Albasu chairman provided only 17 buses.

The stakeholders argued that the allegations, if established, could undermine party discipline, unity and the APC’s electoral prospects in Albasu and the wider Kano South Senatorial District.

They therefore called on Governor Yusuf, as the APC leader in Kano State, and the party’s State Working Committee to examine the relevant provisions of Article 21 of the APC constitution and determine whether the alleged activities of Garba Aliyu Hungu and Musa Tahir Hungu constitute anti-party conduct punishable under the party’s rules.

The petition was signed by Hon. Adamu Abdu Fanda, Caucus Chairman; Hon. Wada Ibrahim Daho, Caucus Secretary; former member of the Kano State House of Assembly, Hon. Sunusi Usman Bataiya; Isyaka Danyaya, Albasu APC Deputy Chairman; and several other local government and ward party officials.

All efforts to contact Hon. Garba Aliyu Hungu and the council chairman Musa Tahir Hungu for their response was not successful.

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