Jigawa state governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, said the persistent crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, may cost the party victory in 2023 if it goes unchecked.
The governor stated this while inaugurating the caretaker committee of the party on Friday, He said if the party loses, he has nothing to lose being an established businessman.
It was reported in September how the party was enmeshed in crisis leading to the removal of the then state chairperson, Habibu Sara, following the party’s caucus meeting, which was held at the government house.
Mr Sara was removed for allegedly shifting loyalty to the leader of a factional group of the party, Sabo Nakudu, a serving senator for Jigawa central.
At the meeting, Muhammad Umar was installed by the governor’s loyalists as acting party chairperson.
The governor, while inaugurating the caretaker committee, said, “I will remain vigilant watching those of you going to meeting with the other factional group, you have got enough of my patience, I will no longer tolerate that again.
The governor called on the other factional group to join forces with him to move the APC forward in the state.
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”We are the responsible members of the party, I once sacrificed my governorship candidate to Hadejia emirate for sake of peace. However, God later made me the governor,” Mr Badaru added.
He then charged the newly inaugurated party executives in the state to be fully committed to the development of the party. Assuring them that they are working towards granting them a waiver to continue leading the party beyond the constitutional limit.
Meanwhile, the embattled former chairperson, Mr Sara, while reacting to the development, said,
“they are aware the governor has a plan to destroy the party because he has no relevance after leaving office in 2023.”
He alleged in a statement that the plan by Mr Badaru to see APC dead in Jigawa will not work as ”we have politicians who can perform better than him, not businessmen like him who see the seat of governor as an opportunity to promote their personal businesses”.
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