From:Ruth Yarnap, Bauchi
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bauchi state chapter has announced the suspension of the State Executive Council led by Alhaji Uba Ahmed Nana,describing it as illegal.
Disclosing this to newsmen at the factional state Secretariat at Tirwun, the leader of the faction, Rabiu Danbaba said that the present Executive Council was imposed on the party by the former Governor, Mohammed Abubakar to enable him achieve his aim of re-election.
He stated that the action which did not go down well with many of the members contributed to the failure of the party in the last general election in the state lamenting that since then the APC has remained in limbo.
According to him, “as far as we are concerned, we have dissolved the State Executive Council led by Uba Nana while Alhaji Aminu Naborno is now the State Chairman of the APC in Bauchi state pending the conduct of congress”.
Speaking also, Alhaji Ibrahim Ago,who introduced himself as a National Delegate of the party said that the Uba Nana led executive has demonstrated lack of focus, ineptitude and inability to lead the party at a time like this.
Ibrahim Ago also alleged that the leadership is romancing with the PDP led administration in the state, a development that has weaken the strength of the opposition in the state coupled with lack of direction for the party.
He then assured that people like him will not allow the party to go into oblivion in the state declaring that, “yes we are in the opposition now and we must exhibit every action of an opposition party in order to have a credible governance in the state”.
Reacting to this development,the purportedly suspended State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Uba Ahmed Nana said that the action and statement of the faction were illegal.
According to him, the party has its leaders and is backed by the party’s constitution, hence,the need for party members to refer to the document before acting.
He further dismissed the statement of the faction,adding that it is void and invalid.
