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From Fred Itua, Abuja
Dozens of protesters staged a peaceful demonstration at the Nasarawa State Government House in Lafia, urging the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to return the party’s chairmanship to the North Central. The zone lost the position after Senator Abdullahi Adamu’s resignation.
The protest took place during a meeting of APC stakeholders in North Central in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, at the weekend.
The meeting was attended by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, who represented President Tinubu, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the APC National Chairman, governors, and lawmakers from the zone.
The protesters, some of whom were members of the Coalition of APC North Central Stakeholders, marched to the venue of the meeting chanting “Ganduje must go”.
Since the former Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, assumed the party’s leadership post-Adamu’s resignation in July 2023, there has been ongoing contention, especially from North Central APC members advocating for the completion of Adamu’s tenure by a representative from their zone.
Sani Ibrahim Jigas, a member of the coalition, who addressed newsmen on behalf of the protesters, said: “We want the APC to work according to the party’s constitution by returning the chairmanship to the North Central. Let’s finish our tenure. We will not allow someone from another zone to collect what is being given to us.”
He said the North Central merited the party’s chairmanship having produced five APC governors out of the six states and worked for the success of President Tinubu during the 2023 election.
It was gathered that some of the protesters were arrested by the police but were later released on Sunday.
