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Kano APC Chairman, Abdullahi Abass
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, on Monday, described President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Yusuf Atta as a minister as unexpected, noting that Ata is not a party member.
Abbas stated this on Monday in an interview with the BBC Hausa service monitored by PUNCH Online in Kano while responding to the recent remarks made by the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Alhaji Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, during which he threatened to dump the party.
The minister had threatened to dump the APC if the Kano State party chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, was re-elected as the party’s chairman for a fourth term.
Abbas pointedly told the BBC that Yusuf Ata, “is not an APC member,” and they were surprised by the reasons behind his appointment as a minister.
He said, “For us in the party, he was never a party member. In the whole of Kano, in his local government, we came third.
“We didn’t even know when he was appointed as a minister. We even told the president that he is not our party member, that he engaged in anti-party activities.”
Abbas said his ambition is to become the governor of the state, not to remain the chairman of the party.
PUNCH Online reports that the minister’s current remarks in a viral video over the weekend further exposed the political crack in the Kano APC.
Also, in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Adamu Aminu, on Sunday night, said the minister emphasised the need for party leaders to refrain from utterances that disrespect the Almighty God.
Ata attributed the repeated mantra of “Koda Tsiya, Koda Tsiya-Tsiya” to the custodian of the party leadership throne in Kano State APC, describing it as a blatant disregard for the supremacy of God.
He warned that such utterances could have severe consequences, including divine wrath and electoral defeat.
To this end, the minister called on the national party chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, to unite the party as well as restore sanity among its numerous members.
Also, he emphasised that it is the responsibility of party leaders to counsel any member who engages in verbal disobedience to God and to ensure that the party’s actions align with the values of its religious-minded members.
