The chairman of Senate Committee on South East Development Commission, SEDC, and former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed the reason behind Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje’s resignation as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Ganduje, a former two-term governor of Kano State, resigned from the party’s exalted position last week, citing urgent and personal matters.
The APC said it had already put plans in motion to replace Ganduje and on Monday said it had accepted his resignation.
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Uzor Kalu said the former governor resigned on health grounds.
“I was just with the national Chairman two weeks ago in his house, and we had a lot to discuss about health, about the party, about every other thing.
“So health issues are what you can never put your eyes or your ears or your mind to,” the Abia north Senator said.
There are claims about the arrival of the National Leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, PDP, to the APC, insisting Ganduje resignation is politically motivated.
But Kalu dismissed all this and insisted that Ganduje “is a very close friend of the President. And you know, if it’s not health issues, he cannot say it’s not health issues.
“So Nigerians, whether small or big, should believe him because he has no problems with the president. In my deepest opinion, even if Kwankwaso is coming to the party he has nothing to do with it. It’s absolutely his decision to step down. It’s absolutely his decision to look after his health, after all, health is wealth.
“So can he really be running around from pillar to post, from Sokoto to Rivers, from Kebbi to Calabar, from Yobe to Abia and to Lagos, post to post?
“It’s a quite a difficult job to be done. So honestly, I believe him. Any other person can say what they want, but I know that President is very bold enough. He’s very courageous. He can tell him, step down, your services are no longer required, but I don’t think[that’s the case].
“They are quite close. And mind you, when he was governor, he was the first governor among all people that supported President Tinibu openly before any other thing.
“So I think Nigeria should learn to believe their leaders…”
