Zamfara APC Guber Primary Will Not Hold – Gov Yari

Governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in the state would not hold.

The governor, while speaking during a press conference, said the exercise which was scheduled to hold today, Tuesday, will not hold unless the party’s National Working Committee followed the documented guidelines for the conduct of the exercise.

He said: “As a leader of the party in the state and the chief security officer of the state, I’m telling all the stakeholders that the election slated for tomorrow 2nd of October will not hold and we don’t know when it will hold.

“The committee sent by the stakeholders has grossly violated the 20-page document containing the party’s guidelines for the election, therefore there would be no election until the committee is ready to work with the document,” he added.

According to Governor Yari, the guidelines said that only a registered member of the party is eligible to vote and the party ward chairman and his secretary should participate in the process.

He, however, decried move by the committee to jettison the provision.

“I am one of the founding fathers of this party and I worked hard for its success. There is going to be a bloodshed tomorrow if the election is held in that way and I’m the one to provide security for the peaceful conduct of the exercise,” he said.