As moves to remove acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Illiya Damagum, gather pace, his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Abdullahi Ganduje, was, yesterday, enmeshed in a battle to salvage his job following a ploy to suspend him at his ward in Kano State.
The plot to sack Ganduje came to the fore when some persons who claimed to be APC leaders in Ganduje Ward declared the national chairman suspended because of the allegations of corruption levelled against Ganduje by the state government.
The said ward APC leaders were led by Halliru Gwanzo who claimed to be the legal adviser at the ward level.
But in a swift counter move, the APC State Working Committee (SWC) in Kano State dismissed the suspension and, in turn, suspended the ward leaders who had pronounced suspension on Ganduje.
Recently, the Kano High Court had said Ganduje would on April 17, 2024, be arraigned on charges of bribery, diversion and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and N1.38bn in bribes.
The Kano State attorney general and commissioner of justice, Haruna Dederi, who confirmed the development, said Ganduje would be arraigned alongside his wife and six others.