Kano APC crisis: APC may lose Kano to opposition, defunct ANPP bloc cautions Buni

As the crisis engulfing the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano continues, five former gubernatorial aspirants from the state’s defunct All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, have warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APCNational )’s Caretaker Committee against ignoring Kano’s internal party crises.

Yusuf Ado Kibiya, Kabiru Kamakasa, Hamisu Lamido Iyantama, and Professor Mukthar A. Yusuf, all past aspirants, warned during a news conference in Kano that the APC’s issues will only lead to the party losing the state to the opposition.

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They reiterated their requests for the party’s national secretariat to address the Kano APC crisis in a secure and democratic manner, moving factions away from competing views and actions.

Director-General of the Group, Yusuf Ado Kibiya, who was also a former commissioner in the cabinet of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, noted that they formed the APC Maslaha group not as a new faction within the party but to champion the true and just reconciliation of warring factions.

He said APC Maslaha Group was constituted by five eminent APC elders in Kano State to address the incessant problem of intraparty conflicts as well as create a platform where peace, stability and harmonious relationship among party members would be cordially maintained.

“You may wish to recall that wherever intra-party conflict exists, the end result is often the failure to achieve success during election.

“Therefore, APC Maslaha seeks the support of all and sundry within Kano APC to sheath their swords to allow peace to prevail for the interest of democracy and successful election results in 2023,” he said.

He emphasized that APC Maslaha wished to ensure that the Democratic process at all levels is adhered to support fielding credible candidates into political offices.

He maintained that conflict between the Government side led by Kano State Governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the other faction led by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau was a result of domination, competing values interest and ambition.

According to him disunity and disharmony are projecting an embarrassing posture about Kano State, which he warned that defection to other political parties, increase chances for the opposition party to win the forthcoming election among others might be among the negative consequences of the crises.,

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“The National Secretariat should try to find an amicable solution to the conflict in Kano APC because it will definitely affect the entire election process in the nation” Yusuf Ado Kibiya added.