The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the speculations of the alleged defection plan by the factional chief of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Musa Kwankwaso, to the ruling get together as a welcome improvement.
It, nevertheless, stated that Kwankwaso wouldn’t be given any particular remedy if he decamped to the APC.
At a information convention yesterday in Kano, the state chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Abbas, warned that because the get together opens its registration to all, there can be no particular remedy to anyone and wouldn’t cease the anti-graft companies within the nation from doing their job in opposition to corrupt people wanting to hunt safety within the get together.
Abbas stated, “The eye of the get together has been drawn to speculations of the upcoming decamping of the chief of the expelled faction of the NNPP, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso into the APC.
“This can be a welcome improvement, particularly given the truth that the APC stays his final political refuge as he has efficiently destroyed his relations with all different political groupings within the nation.
“With out prejudice to our need as a celebration to welcome new entrants and in respect of the constitutional rights of residents to belong to political events of their selection, we want to state our place as a state chapter of our nice get together in Kano State.
“We’ve got already directed our ward chapters to open registers for decampees no matter their political and social stature and that is consistent with our get together’s structure. We advise all these desirous of becoming a member of our esteemed get together to go to their respective wards and register,” he stated.
The APC chairman, nevertheless, assured its elected officers from the wards to the native governments, senatorial and state ranges that they’d proceed to operate as supplied by the get together guidelines.
“For the aim of in search of any future get together or elective place, any outdated or new entrants, shall be free to train his/her constitutional rights of voting or being voted for with none particular choice.
“We’re totally conscious that some individuals are determined to affix the APC as a result of they’ve squandered their political goodwill and have grow to be political lepers within the nationwide scheme of issues and want to the APC for political relevance.
“We’re additionally conscious that some politicians try to run away from accounting for his or her corrupt misdeeds each in authorities and get together administration, and in search of refuge within the APC to flee from the fangs of anti-corruption companies just like the EFCC and the ICPC.
“Nonetheless, becoming a member of APC as a political get together is just not a panacea for escaping from their previous sins.
“For the avoidance of doubt, let me emphasise that the APC as a political get together doesn’t and won’t encourage or promote the existence of cult-like associations within the identify of political actions or groupings,” he declared.
Responding to the press briefing, the state chairman of NNPP (Kwankwaso’s platform), Hashimu Dungurawa described the strikes by Kwankwaso as past the choices of the state chapter, including that the previous Kano State governor mentioned with “their masters” on the nationwide stage.
“Not even the nationwide chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje can affect something on this matter. It’s past him. He can solely obtain directions on what to do and what to not do from above, the place Kwankwaso is speaking with,” Dungurawa informed LEADERSHIP Weekend.
He additional described Kwankwaso because the political mentor of all of the APC management at each the nationwide and state ranges saying “they have been all his boys. He’s due to this fact speaking with their principals.”
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