By Chris Udochukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – The resignation of Director General (DG) of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Alhaji Abdulmumin Jibrin has to do with has to do with local issues in Kano chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Precise Post has learnt.
Recall that Jibrin belonged to a faction of the APC in Kano State, led by former governor Ibrahim Shekarau, that lost out at the Supreme Court on Friday to the Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s faction.
The Supreme Court had dismissed the appeal filed by the G-7 faction of the APC led by Shekarau, challenging the ward and local government congresses conducted by the Ganduje faction of the party.
Corroborating this position, a member of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, said resignation of its Campaign Director General (DG) from membership of the APC has nothing to do with Sen. Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the party.
The Source who spoke to NAN on grounds of annonimity, said the former federal lawmaker’s resignation had nothing to do with Tinubu or Jibrin’s work as DG of the Tinubu Support Group Management Council.
He said: “However, I understand Asíwájú Tinubu is intervening to resolve the matter with the party leadership in Kano.”
Jibrin, who represented the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State in 2015, announced his resignation from the APC on his Twitter handle on Saturday.
His tweet reads: “I have done my best for APC. Its time to move on. I will announce my new political party within the next 24 hours insha Allah. I will make a formal statement in due course.”
Jibrin who was silent on his next move, also said in his Twitter handle that he would announce developments in due course.
