{"id":162303,"date":"2025-05-13T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:29:37","slug":"kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials","title":{"rendered":"Kebbi APC suspends ex-reps member, nine party officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kebbi State has suspended a former member of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Shehu Koko, alongside nine other party officials in Koko Local Government Area, over alleged acts of disloyalty and anti-party activities.<\/p>\n<p>Koko, who previously represented the Koko\/Maiyama Federal Constituency, was suspended along with key APC figures in the area, including Muhammad Danyado (Vice Chairman), Biyaminu Muhammad (Secretary), and Talatu Zauro (Women Leader). Others affected include the youth leader, financial secretary, and welfare secretary, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The letter stated that the decision was taken following accusations of harassment of party executives and conduct deemed detrimental to the party\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was jointly signed by the APC Local Government Chairman, Muhammad Maibarga; the LGA Executive Chairman, Sirajo Usman Koko; and 14 other local party stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>They, however, suggested that the suspension may be politically motivated, possibly linked to Koko\u2019s reported interest in contesting for a senatorial seat, a move that may have unsettled influential figures within the state chapter of the APC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kebbi State has suspended a former member of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Shehu Koko, alongside nine other party officials in Koko Local Government Area, over alleged acts of disloyalty and anti-party activities. Koko, who previously represented the Koko\/Maiyama Federal Constituency, was suspended along with key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":162301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,2329,254],"class_list":["post-162303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-kebbi","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kebbi APC suspends ex-reps member, nine party officials - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kebbi State has suspended a former member of the House of Representatives, Muhamm ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kebbi APC suspends ex-reps member, nine party officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kebbi State has suspended a former member of the House of Representatives, Muhamm ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-13T11:21:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-13T12:29:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747126810.539766.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"796\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kebbi APC suspends ex-reps member, nine party officials\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-13T11:21:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-13T12:29:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747126810.539766.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Kebbi\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-apc-suspends-ex-reps-member-nine-party-officials\",\"name\":\"Kebbi APC suspends ex-reps member, nine party officials - 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