A prominent Kano-based politician and APC chieftain, Alhaji Abdulmajid Dan Bilki Commander, has cautioned the party against downplaying the warning issued by the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, regarding his potential exit from the party and resignation from his position.
Dan Bilki stressed that APC cannot afford to lose a leader of Ata’s statue, asserting that it would be preferable to part ways with 100 party members of APC chairman Abdullahi Abbas’s standing than to lose Ata.
According to him, political influence is determined by the trust and support of the people. Speaking to Daily Trust, he urged the APC leadership to remove the current Kano state chairman, warning that any move to extend his tenure would spell further setbacks for the party.
“We have been instrumental in APC’s survival as a political force in Nigeria, and every serious politician in Kano knows that Abdullahi Abbas has been a burden on the party. If APC truly wants to regain its lost strength, Abbas should step aside. The party must also take Minister Ata’s warning seriously—it is far more damaging to lose someone of his political caliber than 100 figures like Abbas.”
Dan Bilki also questioned why Ata, who he claimed is not a core APC member, was appointed minister.
