The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has asked the governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, to immediately apologise for allegedly mobilising thugs against the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, during the North-East stakeholders meeting in Gombe on Sunday.
The governor reportedly led a protest to disrupt the meeting after Ganduje and APC National Vice Chairman (North-East), Comrade Mustapha Salihu, endorsed Tinubu for a second term without acknowledging Shettima.
Ganduje and Salihu had to be escorted out of the venue under heavy security as protests broke out at the meeting venue.
Reacting to the development in a statement issued by its Chairman, Saleh Zazzaga, on Monday, the North-Central APC Forum faulted Zulum’s conduct, accusing him of mobilising thugs against the APC national chairman.
The Forum also defended Ganduje’s action, noting that only the President can nominate the Vice President in the presidential election.
The statement reads in part, “It is the prerogative of the President to nominate his Vice President. Nobody is going to force President Bola Tinubu to choose who should be his Vice President; it is left for him to nominate whoever he feels he can work with.
“We are condemning the action of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, for mobilising thugs to attack the National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje. Ganduje is innocent, he was discharging his constitutionally required duties as party national chairman.
“It is not the national chairman’s responsibility to nominate a Vice President. It is also not his responsibility to endorse anyone for Vice President. As a party official, he is meant to be neutral and he displayed his neutrality at the North-East stakeholders meeting.
“We, the North-Central APC Forum, are asking the Governor of Borno State to apologize for mobilizing thugs against the National Chairman. Governor Babagana Zulum should apologize to Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, immediately.
“As stakeholders who are committed to the progress and development of the party, we are not happy with the conduct of the governor of Borno State.”
Further condemning Zulum’s action, the Forum noted that the Borno governor and the North-East have no reason to feel entitled to any privileges in the APC because the region did not deliver the expected results for Tinubu and the party in the 2023 election.
According to the statement, the North-Central, which gave the APC and President Tinubu more votes in the last election, should be the one demanding special privileges rather than the North-East.
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