2023: Bagudu Battles Aliero Over Malami, Senate Leader As APC Crises Get Messier

The battle between Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State and Senator Adamu Aliero over who succeeds the former is responsible for the crack in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Daily Trust on Sunday gathered.

Leaders of the party at both national and state levels told our reporter that the quest by Bagudu and Aliero to place their ‘anointed’ candidates in good positions to grab the governorship ticket is the sole cause of the rift that enveloped the party in the state.

While reports indicated that Bagudu, who chairs the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), is rooting for the Attorney-General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami as his successor, Aliero, a two-term governor of the state, has Senate Leader Yahaya Abdullahi as his preferred candidate for the APC governorship ticket.

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Both Malami and Abbdullahi are yet to declare for the governorship race, but sources close to them said they were only waiting for the appropriate time to do so. 

The plot by the Aliero camp to grab the party’s soul, Daily Trust on Sunday reports, led to the recent emergence of a faction in the Kebbi chapter of the APC. While Governor Bagudu, Malami and their supporters are in one camp, Senator Aliero, the Senate leader and their followers are in another.