Kaduna – The head office of the factional All Progressives Congress (APC) which slammed six-month suspension on governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has been demolished.
Newsheadline247 understands the demolition of the property located at 11B, Sambo road was executed under the supervision of armed security personnel and some suspected thugs.
Reports stated the demolition team which pulled down the building arrived at the place around 4 am on Tuesday.
The Kaduna Restoration Group led by Suleiman Hukunyi, a senator representing Kaduna north central is one of the APC factions in Kaduna state.
An aide of Hukunyi simply identified as Abdulraham told TheCable that soldiers blocked the two entrances of the building while the exercise was going on.
“The bulldozer was accompanied by armed soldiers who blocked both sides of the road leading to the building,” he said.
It was gathered that some loyalists of Hunkuyi have alleged goverrnor el-Rufai of masterminding the Tuesday morning demolition.
The Kaduna APC crisis which has been on since 2015 reached its climax on Thursday when the Restoration Group issued a query to El-Rufai and suspended three of the governor’s aide.
El-Rufai had dismissed the query but the group gave him 48 hours to respond to allegations of anti-party activities levelled against him.
In a swift reaction, the APC faction loyal to el-Rufai suspended Hunkuyi and 28 members of his group.
But that did not stop the anti-el-Rufai group from suspending the governor for six months.
Another faction loyal to the governor overruled the suspension, describing it as laughable.
There are three APC factions in Kaduna: “government house faction”, “APC -Akida” led by Shehu Sani, a senator representing Kaduna central, and the Kaduna Restoration Group.
The crisis is coming at a time President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Bola Tinubu, national leader of the party, to reconcile aggrieved individuals in the APC.
Responding on Sunday, Sani said the ruling party is doomed if Tinubu’s mission flops.
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