Kaduna APC Shuns Oshiomhole, Says Shehu Sani Remains Suspended

The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congrsss (APC) has said it will not lift the suspension on Senator Shehu Sani.

It said doing that would amount to sacrificing its cohesion, discipline and unity for political expediency.

Senator Sani was suspended by his ward in 2016 and had refused to defect to another party as expected saying he remains a bona fide member of the party in Kaduna State.

The National Working Committee of the party waded into the controversy on Sunday saying it has directed the state chapter the party to lift the suspension and admit the senator back to the fold of the party.

But the Kaduna APC in a statement said it has waged a long and consistent struggle to uphold respect for the party, its constitution, and party’s spirit so that the party can grow and fulfil the hopes that inspired its formation.

“Therefore, we affirm the indefinite suspension of Shehu Sani for serial indiscipline and violations of the Party Constitution, and further clarify that the Constitution of our Party does not bestow any powers on the national headquarters to quash the decisions of the Ward, Local Government and State Executive of the Party.

“You cannot join the party at your ward level, proceed to treat the same party with utmost contempt for three years, then delude yourself into a belief that the national headquarters can now declare you a saint, and impose you on the state party! ” the party said in a statement signed by the state publicly secretary, Salisu Tanko Wusono.

The Kaduna APC said it “shall support only those who uphold its substance and spirit, and it cannot condone the opportunism of people who having used the APC to get to the Senate, began rebelling against it as soon as they got to Abuja.”

The party emphasized that “In Kaduna State, Shehu Sani has since July 2015 opposed everything the APC and the government it installed has tried to do.

It said, “On Security, Education, Law and Order, and Social Welfare issues, he shamelessly diverged from party’s position with an enthusiasm and recklessness that even the opposition parties in the state did not demonstrate,” while recalling how Sani was part of the senators that objected to the $350m loan the World Bank for the state.