The faction of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) which Kabir Marafa, senator representing Zamfara
central belongs to, was denied entry into Eagle Square, venue of the party’s
national elective convention on Saturday.
Speaking with journalists outside
the venue of the convention on Saturday, Muhammad Bello Bakyasuwa, spokesman of
the Marafa faction, told journalists that they fulfilled all the requirements
for contesting for positions during the congresses which held in May but they
are not recognised by the party.
While calling on the party’s
leadership to recognise their faction as legitimate, Bakyasuwa said they came
to the convention to show support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election
bid.
“We belong to the legitimate APC
faction in Zamfara state. The APC faction under the state chairman, Alhaji
Surajo Garba Mai Katako Gusau. We were elected in the parallel APC state
congresses of 5th, 12th and 19th May 2018 in Zamfara state,” he said.
“We are here in Abuja to express
our happiness, support and solidarity with our party over the national
convention holding today to produce new national leaders for us.
“We are in Abuja to witness this
convention as Zamfara state national convention delegates and supporters of
senator Kabir Garba Marafa, CON, for Governor of Zamfara State in 2019 and also
supporters of President Muhammed Buhari for second term in 2019.
“We are here with all our
delegates and over one thousand supporters but we have been denied entry into
the Eagle Square. So, we hereby appeal to our new national party leaders to be
fair and recognize our faction as the legitimate APC leadership in Zamfara
state.
“As you can see we are the
majority but the security operatives stopped us from entering into the venue of
the convention. Right now we don’t know where our chairman is.”
The faction’s spokesman said they
would seek redress.
“We are dully and legitimate
elected executives of APC in Zamfara state. They stopped us because some of our
supporters were wearing T- shirts with the photograph of our leader, Senator
Kabir Garba Marafa,” he said.
Marafa and Abdulaziz yari, the
governor, are not on the same page.
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