Loggerhead Between Niger Gov. And State APC Officials Persists
Loggerhead as Governor Mohammed Umar Bago and the North Central APC Chairman, Alhaji Mu’azu Bawa Rijau becomes cat and dog since the governor’s assumption of office leading to resignation of key APC state officials in the state.
The North Central APC Chairman who is from the Niger State specifically the Niger North has not been sighted in any of the state events including the just concluded Niger state first ever green economy summit due to lack of recognition and invitation extended to the APC stalwart by the State Government.
It was reliably gathered that since the coming of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago on May twenty-twenty-three allegedly assumed all the APC structures as the loyalists of the immediate past Governor Abubakar Sani Bello.
The Governor is allegedly exploring all means to get rid of the party officials because they did not support him during the governorship primary election where he emerged the party flag bearer.
Our Reporter gathered that while planning for the just concluded Niger state Green summit, the state officials invited the national chairman Alhaji Umar Abdullahi Ganduje but didn’t not recognized the zonal chairman from Niger state for invitation hence his absence at the event in which the Party National Chairman was represented by another zonal Party Chairman at the occasion.
The Governor is reportedly doing everything possible to get rid of all the necessary APC officials in the state in order to install his loyalists across the state.
Reports revealed that governor Bago is deliberately planning ahead of his second term where all obstacles would be removed to ease his way to getting ticket for the second term come twenty-twenty-seven.
Reacting in an interview, the state APC Publicity Secretary, Labaran Musa Sarkin Kaji said that there is no rift in Niger State APC, adding that the North Central Chairman, Alhaji Muazu Bawa, Governor Mohammed Umar Bago and State APC Executives are comfortable, noted that the state party is fully carried along in all the decisions taken by governor Mohammed Umar Bago
