Kabir Marafa, senator
representing Zamfara central, has criticised a protest calling for the
resignation of Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
The protesters took to the
streets of Gusau, capital of Zamfara, on Thursday.
Reacting in a statement, the
senator accused Abdul’aziz Yari, Zamfara governor, of sponsoring the protest.
The lawmaker reiterated that
there were no APC primary elections in the state and that the parties did not
agree to a consensus candidate.
“Yari and his co-travelers are
wrong and comrade Oshiomhole is right as far as the issues in the party are
concerned,” Marafa said.
“There was a court order that
says all parties should not take any step that will render useless the
litigation before it. The party under the able leadership of Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole respected the order and said all parties in the crisis should hands
off.
“The party and its leadership
should be commended for respecting the law, a foundation upon which APC was
built. Two, when the committee of the NWC came to conduct the primary in
Zamfara, violent orchestrated by Yari’s people erupted, the committee was
forced to cancel the election. This is also a valid thing.
“The position taken by the
governor that primaries should be conducted by the executives in his camp was
irresponsible, contemptuous and height of lawlessness.
“The crux of the matter is that
there was no election and there was no consensus in Zamfara. So, we are
commending comrade Oshiomhole and INEC for respecting the court order.”
The senator said the money spent
by the governor to organise the protest should have been channelled towards
securing the release of 17 persons, including two young girls, kidnapped in
Dauran, Jangebe, Magami and other locations in the state.
“The money spent on the protest
should have been used to assist the security agencies in the state to rescue
the abducted persons,” he said.
“The governor has stopped
assisting security agencies with fund in the state in the last five months.”
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