Chairman of Senate Committee on
Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Marafa, has raised the alarm over
alleged attempt by the Governor Abdulaziz Yari to influence the outcome of the
Supreme Court’s ruling on the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC, in Zamfara State.
In a statement on Monday, Marafa
said that Governor Yari’s iftar dinner (breaking of Ramadan fast) with
President Muhammadu Buhari in Saudi Arabia was an attempt to influence the
outcome of the court.
He noted that Yari and the Emir
of Maradun, Alhaji Garba Tambari, had iftar dinner with President Buhari in
Makkah, Saudi Arabia yesterday.
Recall the Supreme Court had
fixed the judgement of the appeals filed by Yari and APC on the ruling of
Appeal Court Sokoto on Zamfara APC candidates tussle for Friday.
The governor’s camp had requested
the Supreme Court to set aside the judgement of the Appeal Court which upturned
the ruling of the Zamfara High Court upon which INEC recognised the candidates
nominated by the governor for the last general elections.
However, Marafa said in his
statement, “the uninvited and unwanted company of Yari at this point in time
when the Supreme Court had fixed Friday 24 for judgement on Yari and APC Appeal
amounts to contempt.
“It is all aimed at showing the
panel of the esteemed justices and Nigerians that the president is friendly and
sympathetic to his ungodly act.
“I can authoritatively say that
the president is not with the wicked and unjust, the President stands for
fairness and justice to all party members.
“This is illustrated by his
(Buhari) call to all aggrieved party members to approach the courts for redress
on any injustice meted out on them by the party or any individual.
“For the avoidance of any doubt,
let me state that the president has never been happy with the happenings in
Zamfara and he stands with the people of the state on this issue.
“Those dropping his name to
influence judgement are his enemies, enemies of democracy, enemies of the
people of Zamfara State in particular and the nation in general.
“It is quite disheartening that
Governor Yari and the Emir of Maradun will leave their domain on Saturday, the
very day 13 people were killed during iftar and the bandits refused to allow
the villagers to even bury their loved ones. Yari and the Emir decided to
abandon them and travel to Saudi Arabia to dine with the president so that he
can get undue advantage.”
The Zamfara Central Senator urged
the esteemed judges of the Supreme Court to discharge their responsibility
without fear or favour.
“The president is interested in
justice only and not anybody or group of persons,” he said.
He said that no fewer than 13
people were killed on Saturday in Gidan Kaso village of Birnin Magaji local
Government area of Zamfara state.
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