Dont drag Buhari's name into Kano politics-Presidency

The Presidency has warned against dragging the
name of President Muhammadu Buhari into the
removal of the Chairman of Kano chapter of the
APC, Alhaji Umar Doguwa, from office.
A presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu,
gave the warning in a statement issued in Abuja
on Sunday.
Shehu described as false, the accusation that
Buhari was behind the removal of the erstwhile All
Progressives Congress chairman in Kano State.
The presidential aide was reacting to the
allegations made by a political support group at a
press conference in Kano.
The group named itself “Concerned Members of
the APC in Kano State.”
He stated that at no time did the president
involved himself in the internal conflict of any APC
chapter in the country, and would never do so.
“President Buhari would not risk his integrity to
support one side against the other in the affairs
the APC or any other political party anywhere in
the country.
“Anybody who knows the president’s principles
would not believe any allegation linking Buhari to
interference in the election or removal of party
leaders across the country.
He noted that Buhari was accused in the past of
not taking control of the National Assembly by
imposing some people on the legislature as
Senate President and Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
Shehu said that it was ironical that the president
would now be accused of abandoning those
principles to order the removal of the chairman.
“I am 100 percent convinced that this group,
which is being associated with the respected
senator representing Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso, did
not seek his permission before dragging President
Buhari ’s name into this matter.
“Kwankwaso knows President Buhari too well to
reduce him to this level,” he said.
The presidential aide therefore advised the group
to stop belittling the person and office of the
president by dragging his name into their local
party quarrels.
He added that it was unfair to attack the
president over an issue he knew nothing about.