Zamfara State governorship
aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kabiru
Marafa has vowed not to dump the party but support the reelection bid of
President Muhammadu Buhari as well as fight alleged injustices by Governor
Abdulaziz Yari.
The Senator made this known on
Friday night in a statement issued to journalists in Abuja.
He challenged Gov. Yari to go to
another party with all his anointed candidates and contest if he (the governor)
believes he is popular.
Marafa’s position is coming few
hours to the December 1 deadline for the substitution of governorship
candidates set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The statement reads: “I will
remain in the APC to support and lead President Buhari’s 2019 re-election
campaign in Zamfara State and to ensure that Governor Yari fail woefully in his
attempts to perpetrate injustice and impose his moles as candidates of the
party in the state.
“The facts are clear that, Gov.
Yari has failed woefully and has lost the popular support of the people, he
can’t win any election in Zamfara today, he therefore choose to hide under the
Federal might to perpetrate criminality using his 8,500 recruited ‘vigilante’
to rig the elections in his favour and his co-travellers.
“We say no to that. I am going to
remain in the APC to ensure that he and his cohorts are effectively retired.
“We have come this far together
with all the people of Zamfara state, they have expressed there desire for
change, they have given us their maximum support, and they have rejected Yari
and all his chosen candidates. They have sacrificed their lives and health,
some were killed while many others were injured during the botched and
make-believe primaries in the state, all courtesy of Gov Yari.
“Having failed in his cruel
attempt to impose his candidates through dubious means, he now wants to use the
instrumentality of the Courts to legalise his illegalities. We will block him
and let him know that Courts aren’t places for dumping of charade.
“Yari organised and conducted
illegal, make-believe primaries in absolute violation of a subsisting court
order and the directive of our party’s National Working Committee (NWC). He
thereafter ran to court to give his illegalities a legal backing, forgetting
that our courts are not rubber stamp. Courts are homes of equity and if you are
going to the courts, you must go with clean hands,” he said.
While thanking the people of the
state for their maximum support and cooperation to him, Marafa said his
decision to remain in the APC, despite all pressures, was in appreciation of
their tremendous support and in their best interest.
He also commended the National
Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for respecting the court order,
supporting the people’s choice of direct primaries and ignoring pressures from
all quarters.
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