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Abdullahi Umar Ganduje |
Amid bribery allegations against the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar
Ganduje, the national secretarial of the All Progressive Congress (APC)
has said it will not substitute his name for the 2019 election.
An online newspaper, Daily Nigerian, had a month ago, released
video footages captured with a spy camera showing Governor Ganduje
allegedly receiving, in batches, $5m bribe from a contractor.
APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lanre Issa-Onilu, told
PRNigeria that Ganduje remains the standard bearer of the party in Kano.
He said: “The INEC guidelines on the selection or replacement of
candidates are explicit. It doesn’t confer power on political parties to
whimsically, arbitrarily or recklessly just substitute a candidate on
frivolous grounds.
“It is only when a candidate dies, voluntarily withdraws from
contesting an election, or a court pronouncement that a candidate can
then be substituted or replaced, if you like.
“So as things stand, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, regardless of
the unfortunate development is and still remains APC’s Kano guber
candidate.
“Don’t forget that the governor has sued the publisher of the online media for defamation of character,’’ he concluded.
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