By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Nigeria’s governing party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the indefinite suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha in connection with failure of the party to secure victory at his Gwadabawa Ward of the Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State in the North East.
At a press briefing on Wednesday in Adamawa, the party’s executives in Gwadabawa Ward accused the SGF of failing to assist the party at the ward level in the 2023 general elections.
They alleged that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation did not give a helping hand during the presidential and governorship elections in the state.
APC lost the presidential election in Adamawa, home state of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
It also suffered a second defeat when the dominant PDP in the state grabbed the governorship seat in the March 18 governorship election.
APC’s Aishatu Dahiru famously known as Binani scored 390, 275 while the incumbent, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP polled 421,524.
Troubled by these developments, secretary of the APC in the ward, Abdulkarim Nuhu, announced the suspension which he said is a collective agreement of the ward members but did not state when it will end.
In the February 25 presidential election, Atiku comfortably defeated his main opponents, APC’s Bola Tinubu. PDP candidate polled a total of 417,611 votes as against Tinubu’s 182,881 votes.
