The leadership of Kaduna State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been summoned by the Kaduna State Police Command over the suspension of Senator representing Central zone, Shehu Sani.

The Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Salisu Tanko Wusono, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

The statement reads: “On Wednesday, we got invitation from the police following our re-affirmation of Senator Shehu Sani’s suspension after the so-called reconciliation he spearheaded.

“As leaders of a disciplined party and law abiding citizens, we honoured the invitation and the police were satisfied with our presentation.

“We told them that, the 11-month suspension stands and was done in line with the party’s constitution. There is no single individual no matter his or her status that is above the party. The 11-month suspension stands and it was done in accordance with our constitution and powers vested in the leadership.”

The embattled Senator Sani had complained to the police about the party’s insistence on his suspension despite the intervention of the Deputy National Chairman (North-West), Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir.

Meanwhile, Kaduna State Acting Chairman of APC, Alhaji Shuabu Idris, has written to the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, to call Abdulkadir to order over his alleged provocative statements against state party officials.

In a letter dated 12th January, 2016, the State APC Acting Chairman said the party’s North West Vice Chairman held a meeting with an illegal group and declared Senator Shehu Sani’s suspension done in line with the constitution of the party illegal and void.

A copy of the Kaduna APC letter obtained by journalists reads in parts: “We are therefore baffled, because for one, the national vice chairman did not make contact with the state party structure in the state, the highest leadership organ in the state that suspended Senator Shehu Sani. We were not aware of his visit nor were we invited to the so called reconciliatory meeting.

“It is rather confusing for us that a national vice chairman would come to a state for an official party function and will choose not to make contact with the state party secretariat. But would rather choose to organise an illegal meeting and make provocative statements against the state officials.”

The letter added: “It is even more worrying for us when we recall sad memories of the role the same Inuwa Abdulkadir played in the pre- presidential primary election of 2015, when he tried to change the list of delegates from Kaduna State in favour of a different presidential candidate rather than Buhari. This was after he had earlier on also unsuccessfully tried to influence the gubernatorial primaries using the same method against the current Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai.

“So with a history of compromises, we are afraid that he is also now being compromised to once again favour an illegal group against the party.

“Otherwise why should he ignore the state party office altogether and organise his own meeting with illegal group.”

•Photo shows Senator Shehu Sani.

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