The publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state, Yusuf Idris, has said that critical stakeholders would not allow agents of destruction to spoil the good image of the party, adding that fragrant abuse of the party can no longer be condoned in the state.
The party’s spokesperson, in a statement issued on Saturday in Gusau, disclosed that the APC was aware that the action and activities of a group of mischief makers were part of a grand plan to break the ranks of the APC and its good chances of continuity from the national level down to the states.
The statement reads in parts: “The Zamfara State chapter of the APC has remained intact and peaceful while enjoying the goodwill of its leaders and the good people of the state but for the mischief and envy of one person who wants to be everywhere and everything at the same time believing that money can buy off the party for him.
“Just last Wednesday, some few individuals led by the Zonal vice chairman of Zamfara West, Hon. Isiyaka Ajiya Anka, and four other officials out of the 36 executive members of the party in the state addressed the press claiming to have taken over as the leaders of the party without recourse to the party constitution.
“They took over a paint-selling shop and embarrassingly referred to it as their state APC secretariat and were inaugurated by a floor member of the party, Aliyu Abubakar MC, former Tsafe Local Chairman who never held nor is holding any position in the party at any level from ward up to the national.
“This flagrant abuse of the party can no longer be condoned, and the APC under the chairmanship of Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani in the state and the leadership of the Hon. Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, having done everything to ensure unity and fairness among members with the full backing of critical stakeholders like Senator Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima and Alhaji Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi among others will not allow these agents of destruction to spoil the good image of the party.
“We are aware that the actions and activities of this group of mischief makers are part of a grand plan to break the ranks of the APC and its good chances of continuity from the national level down to the states.
“The presidency and the national secretariat of our great party are aware of these people who had plotted and failed both in the 2019 and 2023 elections in the state.
“As they plan to hatch another bad one ahead of the 2027 elections, they should be informed that we are fully ready for them and the party they intend to float, which can certainly not match the APC.”
. TheWitness
