{"id":17907,"date":"2018-02-20T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T22:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=17907"},"modified":"2018-02-20T22:06:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T22:06:42","slug":"factional-kaduna-apc-leaders-accuse-army-of-colluding-with-el-rufai-to-demolish-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=17907","title":{"rendered":"FACTIONAL KADUNA APC LEADERS ACCUSE ARMY OF COLLUDING WITH EL-RUFA&#8217;I TO DEMOLISH SECRETARIAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"aj30p-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"aj30p-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"aj30p-0-0\">A faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, has called for the immediate removal of the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division, Nigerian Army, for allegedly meddling in the politics of the state.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"epp53-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"epp53-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"epp53-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"2oejm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2oejm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2oejm-0-0\">The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the faction, led by Danladi Wada, had its state secretariat demolished early Tuesday on the orders of Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa\u2019i.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"cfa7n-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cfa7n-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cfa7n-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=15721&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"aigbu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"aigbu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"aigbu-0-0\">A statement signed by the party\u2019s Director of Administration, Yahaya Shinko, \u201c urged the Chief of Army Staff to relieve the GOC 1 Division for meddling into partisan politics.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"1edpi-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1edpi-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1edpi-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"4j83i-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4j83i-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4j83i-0-0\">\u201cThe GOC allowed his men to give cover to the Governor with trucks numbering over 20 fully loaded with Military personnel and carried out the shameless act, thereby bringing the Military to disrepute.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"al8ao-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"al8ao-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"al8ao-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"fmfn6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fmfn6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fmfn6-0-0\">It condemned the government action, and dismissed as untenable, reasons it advanced for the demolition.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"clrdr-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"clrdr-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"clrdr-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"5d0hj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5d0hj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5d0hj-0-0\">The party said it would go to court to challenge the state government action.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"5ntlo-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5ntlo-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5ntlo-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"dl6rq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dl6rq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dl6rq-0-0\">It commended the Commissioner of Police \u201cfor refusing to compromise to allow his officers and men to be used as political tools in the hands of the governor to silence oppositions in the state.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"9b78s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9b78s-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9b78s-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"6gjnu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6gjnu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6gjnu-0-0\">\u201cWe called on all members of the party to be law abiding and remain calm in the midst of provocation by the Governor and his aides, as we have taken appropriate steps to seek redress in court of law.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"f02hs-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f02hs-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f02hs-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"6np97-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6np97-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6np97-0-0\">\u201cThe offence of Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi, his teeming supporters and all other members of the APC with us in this secretariat is none but for aligning ourselves with the position of the National Headquarters of the party.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"2m2hp-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2m2hp-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2m2hp-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"81gg1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"81gg1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"81gg1-0-0\">\u201cThis is to the effect that S.I Danladi Wada is the recognized Deputy Chairman of the APC in Kaduna State and stands as the Acting Chairman until a substantive chairman emerges at the next state congress of the party,\u201c the statement said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"7t4v6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7t4v6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7t4v6-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"fp9pr-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fp9pr-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fp9pr-0-0\">The government had earlier defended its action, claiming that the building \u201cwas removed for flagrant violations of land use and non-payment of ground rent since 2010.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"22l0d-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"22l0d-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"22l0d-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"1gsai-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1gsai-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1gsai-0-0\">The Director-General of the State Geographic Information Service, Ibrahim Husseini, who issued a statement on behalf of the government, also said it would turn the plot into a recreation centre.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"1gsai-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"1gsai-0-0\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"47v9t-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"47v9t-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"47v9t-0-0\">Meanwhile, the senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Sen. Shehu Sani has condemned the demolition of the office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction that suspended Governor Nasir el-Rufai.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"86kf7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"86kf7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"86kf7-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"f388e-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f388e-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f388e-0-0\">Sani revealed this on his social media page.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"9aaom-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9aaom-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9aaom-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"ccomk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ccomk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ccomk-0-0\">It would be recalled that the building that was demolished belonged to the Kaduna Restoration Group faction led by Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi (APC \u2013 Kaduna North) who had on Sunday handed the governor a six-month suspension after a stakeholder\u2019s meeting.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"ak86l-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ak86l-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ak86l-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"18klv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"18klv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"18klv-0-0\">Describing the demolition as cruel and desperate, Sani wrote: \u201cThe demolishing of the APC secretariat at Sambo Road stands unreservedly condemned. The Kaduna State Governor\u2019s action is insane, despicable, cruel and desperate. Bulldozers can only demolish structures and not the spirit.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"7e61e-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7e61e-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7e61e-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"58m2j-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"58m2j-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"58m2j-0-0\">We remain unshaken in our faith,our conviction, our position and our cause to uphold the constitutional rights and liberties of our people.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"eug3r-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eug3r-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"eug3r-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dt5r6\" data-offset-key=\"2cmnk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2cmnk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2cmnk-0-0\">The use of environmental laws to destroy the homes of perceived political opponents or to silence dissent is legendary in the tyrannical history of fascists and sadists.Power is ephemeral.Bulldozers,Thugs and Guns will not change in our position.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"1gsai-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2oejm-0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/apc-kaduna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17908\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/apc-kaduna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/apc-kaduna.jpg 442w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/apc-kaduna-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, has called for the immediate removal of the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division, Nigerian Army, for allegedly meddling in the politics of the state. \u00a0 The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the faction, led by Danladi Wada, had its state secretariat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[4510,4509,4512,4508,4511],"class_list":["post-17907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ibrahim-husseini","tag-s-i-danladi-wada","tag-sen-shehu-sani","tag-suleiman-othman-hunkuyi","tag-yahaya-shinko"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/apc-kaduna.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-4EP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17910,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17907\/revisions\/17910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}