By Motunrayo
The chairman of Senate Committee on South East Development
Commission, SEDC, and former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has
revealed the reason behind Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje’s resignation as the National
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The sudden resignation of Ganduje as the APC national
Chairman is generating quite a lot of reactions in the public space.
Many Nigerians did not see that happening, but the ruling
party has maintained that it was done in good faith.
Ganduje, a former two-term governor of Kano State, resigned
from the party’s exalted position last week, citing urgent and personal
The APC said it had already put plans in motion to replace
Ganduje and on Monday said it had accepted his resignation.
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Uzor Kalu
said the former governor resigned on health grounds.
“I was just with the national Chairman two weeks ago in his
house, and we had a lot to discuss about health, about the party, about every
other thing.
“So health issues are what you can never put your eyes or
your ears or your mind to,” the Abia north Senator said.
DAILY POST can report that there is the concern that while
the statement from him suggested health issues, Ganduje’s supporters tend to
think that it’s beyond health issues. Some are of the opinion that it is
political permutation, ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
There are also claims about the arrival of the National
Leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, PDP, to the APC, insisting Ganduje
resignation is politically motivated.
But Kalu dismissed all this and insisted that Ganduje “is a
very close friend of the President. And you know, if it’s not health issues, he
cannot say it’s not health issues.
“So Nigerians, whether small or big, should believe him
because he has no problems with the president. In my deepest opinion, even if Kwankwaso
is coming to the party he has nothing to do with it. It’s absolutely his
decision to step down. It’s absolutely his decision to look after his health,
after all, health is wealth.
“So can he really be running around from pillar to post,
from Sokoto to Rivers, from Kebbi to Calabar, from Yobe to Abia and to Lagos,
post to post?
“It’s a quite a difficult job to be done. So honestly, I
believe him. Any other person can say what they want, but I know that President
is very bold enough. He’s very courageous. He can tell him, step down, your
services are no longer required, but I don’t think[that’s the case].
“They are quite close. And mind you, when he was governor,
he was the first governor among all people that supported President Tinibu
openly before any other thing.
“So I think Nigeria should learn to believe their leaders…”
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