Kaduna APC Suspends Senator Shehu Sani

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, has suspended the Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, for a period of 11 months over his alleged constant criticism of policies of the party's led government both at the state and federal level.

The suspension was contained in a letter from the Tudun Wada Ward 6 in Kaduna North Local Government, signed by the party's secretary, Ahmed Abdulhamid and the Public Relations Officer, Aminu Alilan on Monday.

The party said  that the decision was arrived at after a meeting held on December 27, 2015 which reviewed a subcommittee report on allegations made against the senator.

The party listed Mr Sani’s offences to include, uttering statements that allegedly "violated the rules of engagement of the party, factionalizing the party, and engaging in anti-party activities by criticizing the policies of Governor Nasir El-Rufai.”

"Hardly a week passes by that his group will not be on air criticizing and challenging the enduring legacies of Nasir ElRufai, that his statement on national issues is not in conformity with that of the state government and government of Kaduna State", it said.

While stating that the Senator has remained consistently in confrontation with what they believed to be good policies of the current APC-led government in Kaduna State, the party unanimously agreed that Senator Sani should be suspended for a period of 11 months and shall henceforth, be disengaged in partaking or attending any of the party's activities in Kaduna State subject to other punitive measures respectively.
 

When contacted, an aide of Mr Sani, Suleiman Ahmed, said it was clear that those who wrote the letter were ignorant of the laws guiding the APC.

"Our reaction is that those that wrote this letter are ignorant of the party’s constitution and they are dancing to the tune of the state executive of the party and Governor Nasir El-Rufai".

Mr Ahmed said that the party was out to stop the Senator from voicing his views about what he considers the anti-people policies of Governor El-Rufai’s administration.