Guber Primary: Sen. Marafa Slams Yari, ‘You’ve Set Zamfara On Fire’

Senator representing Zamfara central, Kabiru Marafa, has accused governor Abdulaziz Yari, of being responsible for the violence that marred the governorship primary.

Several persons were reportedly injured during the exercise which held in the state capital on Wednesday.

The development led to the cancellation of the exercise by the chairman of the national working committee (NWC) Abubakar Faki.

In a statement on Thursday, Yekini Nabena, acting spokesman of the APC, said a new date will be announced for the election.

“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 upturn the people’s will, so as to pave way for his anointed candidate.

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 Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of APC, agreed with all the aspirants that option A4 will be adopted, but Yari in his desperation went to announce a new date without consoling with the families of the injured.

“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.”