2023: Ado-Doguwa Explains Why APC Might Lose Presidential Election In Kano

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has come out to give reasons why the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) might lose the presidential election next year in Kano State.

According to him, the crisis rocking the Kano chapter of the party has frustrated many loyalists out of the APC and that such exit spells doom for the party as the 2023 general election inches close.

Naija News reports that Ado-Doguwa, at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, explained that the state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, had left the APC structure of the state in the hands of those responsible for the ongoing crisis in the party.

He noted that even though Ganduje had done a good job with the state’s governance, those he left the party for to manage have pushed loyalists out of the party.

The majority leader made reservations about the party’s deputy governorship candidate, Murtala Garo, who is an in-law to the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

The lawmaker said even though he believes the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, would be able to consolidate the gains of President Muhammadu Buhari, it is important to note that there is a problem in the Kano APC.

He maintained that the crisis in the state chapter of the APC means the national leadership must be concerned, because whatever affects Kano APC should affect the ruling party at the national level.

Ado-Doguwa, who reiterated that the current leadership of the party are the wrong people, said, “It is my hope and it is the hope of the APC people in Nigeria that Bola can be able to discharge his duties; that Bola can be able to consolidate the gains earlier laid down by President Muhammadu Buhari.

“I want to say today without any fear of contraction; without any fear of intimidation; without any fear of any quarter or any authority anywhere that there is fire on the mountain as far as the APC is concerned in Kano State. There is fire on the mountain – I repeat, there is fire on the mountain. This is the right time to say it because we have been going through a silent crisis, especially in the area of party administration and politicking with a lot of intrigue and exclusion of members.

“Management and administration of the party are being done exclusively by a few members of the party who is, by all standing, not supposed to handle what they are handling in the APC. I want to say for the purpose of clarification that I am talking about party politics in Kano; in our party, the APC.”