The factional All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, which served Governor Nasir El-Rufai a query, has suspended the governor for six months.
Factional Chairman Danladi Wada said El-Rufai was suspended for his failure to answer the query.
Wada, who addressed reporters at the factional office on 11b Sambo road, said: “This briefing is sequel to the 48 hours ultimatum/query and warning issued to the governor to defend and absolve himself of the allegations against him.
“The State Working Committee, on February 17, convened and resolved to consider and rectify the findings and recommendations of the Disciplinary Committee, and the Fact Finding Committee, in accordance with the provisions of article 21(B), section 3, of the APC constitution.
“Accordingly, Governor Nasir El-Rufai stands suspended for six months, beginning from February 17, 2018.”
Stakeholders loyal to the faction are also afraid that the Presidential Reconciliation Committee, led by the party’s National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may fail, if El-Rufai refuses to admit his fault.
The convener, Mataimaki Tom-Maiyashi, said El-Rufai’s body language and action did not suggest his willingness to submit to genuine reconciliation.
He said: “The stakeholders welcome the initiative to settle major issues dividing and weakening the party. The real reconciliation will only be achieved if justice and the willingness to take difficult decisions are upheld.
“Stakeholders observed that the governor’s stance do not suggest the willingness to submit to genuine reconciliation.
“All suspensions by persons other than those by the acting chairman, Danladi Wada, are exercises in futility, null and void.
“The acting chairman should exercise his full powers and conclude disciplinary actions against all members, no matter their positions.”