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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has dismissed the seven-day resignation ultimatum issued to him by the North Central APC stakeholders’ forum.
Responding to the ultimatum through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Enlightenment, Oliver Okpala, Ganduje noted that the ultimatum from Saleh Zazzaga, chairman, North Central Stakeholders’ Forum, was an indication that he required psychiatric examination to ascertain his state of mental health.
Zazzaga, who claimed to be the chairman of the North-Central APC Forum, argued that Ganduje’s appointment violated the party’s zoning arrangement.
In his response through a statement from Okpala, the former Kano Governor slammed Zazzaga, claiming that he has no locus standi to even comment on issues pertaining to the leadership of the APC.
Emphasising that the court had held that Zazzaga was operating an illegal entity, he said the North-Central APC Forum was not known to law and called on security agencies to quickly arrest and prosecute Zazzaga for running an illegal group.
The statement read: “In fact, his mental health has been called to question. Zazzaga has been an unrepentant political loose canon without respect for the rule of law and has no regards for judgement of the courts.
“His continuous vituperations after the case he filed against the national chairman of the APC, Dr. Ganduje failed, shows that he has no regard or respect for the court. If he has any atom of wisdom or intelligence, he should go back and study the grounds upon which his case was thrown out and understand that the High Court judgement was in tandem with the position of the Supreme Court on the same case.
“If his latest outburst is not as a result of mental issues, borne out of frustration, then the security agencies should quickly arrest and interrogate him for running an illegal organisation.
“It is high time members of the APC in the North Central called him to order for the embarrassment and a nuisance he has become to the zone. It is also not out of place for the National Working Committee of the party to take steps to bring Zazzaga to book for the subversive actions he has been taking against the party.
“The media is replete with various publications against the leadership of the party and even the Presidency. Zazzaga should be seriously sanctioned to serve as a deterrent to others who may want to toe the same rudderless and reckless path.
“Zazzaga has been working for the opposition while claiming to be a member of the APC. This is unacceptable. The APC believes in the rule of law, upholds party discipline as a way of ensuring peace, unity and decorum. Therefore, the party should not continue to condone Zazzaga’s anti party activities. He should be shown the way out.
“More importantly, he should be subjected to immediate psychiatric examination to ascertain his state of mental health and determine if he is still fit to be a member of any political party or association in this country.
“This outburst against the judiciary and the leadership of the APC clearly shows that he requires proper medical examination to ascertain his mental status,” the statement read.
Taking a personal attack on Zazzaga, he wrote: “This is a man who filed a case in court and has been leading an illegal organisation as declared by the court. The Federal High Court had held that his so called group was unknown to law.
“Despite this, the political misfit is still engaging in subversive activities against the party and making dangerous statements against the judiciary. Such a character should not be tolerated by the party.
“Giving the National Chairman of the party a seven-day ultimatum to resign is not only an act of gross indiscipline but also an anti-party activity which should carry heavy sanctions. This is the same man the court had told in the case he filed against the National Chairman, to explore and respect the internal conflict resolution mechanisms of the party.
“The Supreme Court had ruled in a judgement that the judiciary should not be dragged into the internal affairs of the political party. So, for him to continue on this path shows he is a misfit and bent on political self destruction.
“So, we call on the security agencies to immediately arrest Zazzaga for running an illegal organisation. The court said his group is not known to law and since that judgement of the court subsists, he and his misguided co-travellers are running illegal entities.
“Let me remind him that the court had ruled that his grouse was an internal matter of the party and maintained that political parties have internal mechanisms to resolve such differences. Thus, the court threw out his case. If he is frustrated then he should leave the party for people of decorum and progressive mindsets,” the statement read.
