Kabir Marafa, a former senator,
has alleged that some governors are plotting to replace Adams Oshiomhole,
national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with AbdulAziz Yari,
former governor of Zamfara state.
Speaking with journalists in
Zamfara, Marafa alleged that the governors nursing this idea are out to take
control of the structures of the ruling party.
However, the former lawmaker
refused to disclose the identities of the governors but said those opposed to
the leadership of the national chairman are indirectly targetting President
Muhammadu Buhari with the aim to make the president and his supporters
politically irrelevant before the 2023 general election.
“The fight is not against
Oshiomole, it is actually against the president himself. It is only that they
don’t have the guts to say it now, but they will when the time is ripe,” Marafa
said.
“The Governors in concert with
their cronies, within and outside the party, are doing everything possible to
hijack the party structures to ensure that the president and his sympathisers
are edged out of power equation in 2023.”
Marafa asked the president to be
wary of Yari, citing instances in the past where he (Yari) “acted against
Buhari”.
“Yari and his co-travellers’
stock in trade is treachery and backstabbing. The earlier the president and his
men realizes it and act accordingly, the better for them and the party itself,”
he said.
“Remember 2003 when the president
and his party the ANPP lost the general election? While the president and his
men where nursing the wound of loosing the election, one of the ANPP Governors
now a major pillar of Yaris support and collaborator, was sighted on national
television cutting PDP Victory cake in the Villa! That is how all of them are.
“All these machinations are
geared toward hijacking the party or bouncing back to relevance and once that
is done, the party’s future is doomed. President Buhari should buckle up to
save the party from falling into the hands of his adversaries in his own best
interest, interest of the party, and that of the nation in general.
“The party is built on justice,
equity and fairness and that will surely be eluded if the likes of Yari are
allowed to succeed. Make no mistake sir, those asking for Oshiomhole’s head
today, are actually looking for your jugular.”
The clash between Marafa and Yari
made the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take control of Zamfara, which was a
stronghold of the APC.
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