{"id":111450,"date":"2024-04-18T14:51:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=111450"},"modified":"2024-04-18T14:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:51:07","slug":"ganduje-apc-petitions-njc-over-kano-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ganduje-apc-petitions-njc-over-kano-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganduje: APC Petitions NJC Over Kano Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dragged Justice Usman Na\u2019abba of the Kano State High Court before the National Judicial Council (NJC) for granting an ex parte order restraining the party\u2019s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, from further parading himself as the party\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n<p>The restraining order by the judge followed Monday\u2019s suspension of Ganduje by executives of the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State.<\/p>\n<p>The ex parte application had as applicant, the Ganduje Ward Legal Adviser, Haladu Gwanjo; and the ward\u2019s Assistant Secretary, Laminu Baguma.<\/p>\n<p>Listed as respondents in the suit are the APC, APC National Working Committee, the Kano State APC Executive Committee and Ganduje, listed as the fourth respondent.<\/p>\n<p>The Legal Adviser of the APC Ganduje Ward, Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, Haladu Gwanjo, had addressed journalists in Kano, declaring Ganduje suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Gwanjo said the APC ward leadership took the decision in view of the bribery allegations hanging on Mister Ganduje\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n<p>He made specific reference to the bribery charges, involving $413,000 and N1.38bn, filed by the Kano State Government against Ganduje before the Kano State High Court.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dragged Justice Usman Na\u2019abba of the Kano State High Court before the National Judicial Council (NJC) for granting an ex parte order restraining the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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