Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Abdullahi Abbas, has claimed the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, is not a member of the party.
He claimed while responding to the minister’s remarks about him during an interview on BBC Hausa.
The minister had, at the weekend, warned that he and his supporters would leave the APC if Abbas or anyone like him is reinstated as the party’s chairman in the state.
He alleged that the chairman’s utterance was one of the reasons why God took off power from the party despite a “clear win in the 2023 governorship elections.”
But responding, Abbas claimed that Ata worked against the party during the poll, and they communicated the same to President Bola Tinubu.
Abbas alleged: “To us APC members, Yusuf Ata is not a member of the APC. We don’t even know why he was appointed a minister. All over Kano State, it was only in his local government we came third during the 2023 election.
“We were not aware that he was being appointed a minister. We told the President that he was not a member of our party. He did anti-party. He is only a local champion.”
But in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the minister, Adamu Aminu, on Sunday night, Ata emphasised the need for party leaders to refrain from utterances that disrespect the Almighty God.
