The Kaduna State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disregarded the order given by the National Working Committee of the party that the suspension of Senator Shehu Sani should be lifted.
Sani is representing Kaduna Central senatorial district in the National Assembly.
He was suspended following alleged misconduct among other things.
However, in the spirit of the need to reconcile all warring factions, the NWC of the party declared that his suspension was lifted.
The decision of the NWC is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena.
It therefore directed the state chapter of the party and others to comply.
But in a swift reaction, the state chapter of the party insisted that Sani remained suspended.
In a statement by the Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party, Salisu Tanko Wusono, the state chapter said the NWC had no power to lift the suspension.
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Besides, the state chapter said it would not sacrifice its cohesion discipline and unity for any reason.
The statement reads: “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 executives 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 stated further: “Since 2015, Shehu Sani has engaged in unremitting hostility to the APC, joining the gang-up against the party in the Senate. At the national level, the utterances in which he has ridiculed the party and President Buhari are well-chronicled.
“In Kaduna State, Shehu Sani has since July 2015 opposed everything the APC and the government it installed has tried to do.”
