Kabir Marafa, senator
representing Zamfara central, has accused Abdulaziz Yari, governor of the
state, of being responsible for the violence in the governorship primary.
Many were reportedly injured
during the exercise while election materials were allegedly snatched by the
state government officials.
Thereafter, Abubakar Faki,
chairman of the election committee, cancelled the exercise.
In a statement on Thursday,
Yekini Nabena, acting spokesman of the APC, said a new date will soon be
announced.
“The Prof. Abubakar Faki-led All
Progressives Congress (APC) Zamfara state governorship primary committee has
announced the cancellation of the primaries held in the state due to election
malpractices including snatching of election materials and result sheets by the
state’s government officials which were taken to the government house, Gusau,”
the statement read.
“The process was also marred by
violence. Subsequently, the party’s national working committee (NWC) has
approved the cancellation of the governorship primaries. A new date will be
announced soonest.”
Reacting, Marafa said Yari “set
the state on fire” in a bid to subvert the people’s will.
The senator said shortly after
the distribution of election materials, agents of aspirants raised the alarm
that the available ballot papers were not up to 10 percent of the registered
party members in their wards.
He said it was agreed that option
A4 would be adopted after Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of APC, spoke
with all the aspirants.
“Yari set the state on fire just
to perfect his plot to upturn the people’s will and impose on them stooges with
the sole aim of continuing with his misrule through proxies after May 29,
2019,” the senator said in a statement.
“The chairman called, chief Adams
Oshiomhole spoke individually with all the aspirants, in the end all the
aspirants agreed that the ballot papers should be set aside and direct method
of people queuing behind the candidate of their choice be adopted.
“It is pertinent to mention here
that governor’s candidate lost in all the wards where elections held. I was
leading in all the wards.
“Hours after the cancellation
desperate governor Yari went on air to announce that election will continue
today (Thursday) without even condoling and sympathizing with the families of
the deceased and the injured persons.”
Yari is backing Mukhtar Idris,
finance commissioner, for the party’s ticket.
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