Aide defends attacks on Ganduje over FAAN appointment

Senior Special Assistant on Public Enlightenment to All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Chief Oliver Okpala, has warned critics of his boss, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, to desist acts of vendetta. In a statement, Okpala identified the critics as agents of the Kano State Government and sponsored interest groups and individuals, and asked them to stop the “unnecessary attacks, antagonisms, vendetta and victimisation against Ganduje.” “Politicians should know that the days are gone for the tactics of bad blood and recklessness in the nation’s orbit of partisan politics,” he said.

According to the statement, Opkalla was reacting to media attacks by the Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, against Ganduje, following his (Ganduje’s) appointment as the chairman of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. Okpala said what should be preponderant in the minds of Nigerians should be political sanity, peace and decorum rather than divisive tactics, bitterness and rancour, which would not guarantee political advancement. He said: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointment of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as Chairman of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, has come to many well-meaning Nigerians as a well-deserved placement.



“But as usual, a few disgruntled elements, principally, the Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, have seen it as a fresh opportunity to launch attacks and smear campaigns against Ganduje. “So suddenly, Rimingado has mischievously found his voice and remembered that he would prosecute Ganduje for corruption. This is laughable of such a public official who should know that his office is a sacred trust from the people.

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