Zamfara state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress has chided Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi insisting that he was desperate for relevance.
This was as the party also applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the current war against insecurity.
In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris Gusau, the party said Shinkafi is driven by envy, frustrations and meddlesomeness.
APC said in 2019, Shinkafi got succour from former Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle who provided him political shelter after he lost relevance in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
“Since 2019 when Bello Mohammed Matawalle became governor in Zamfara State, Shinkafi who had lost it all in APGA and was in desperate search for a place, found succour in the new government of Matawalle who he found accommodating.
“Even when he claimed to have brought in his APGA supporters to Matawalle, the supporters had to leave him to follow Matawalle,” it said.
The party noted that rather than show appreciation to former Governor Matawalle who provided him with succour, Shinkafi is using every available opportunity to malign the former governor all in bid to curry favour from the PDP administration in the state.
“Having lost it all, Sani Shinkafi retreated to Zamfara seeking absorption from the PDP governor even as he claims to be an APC member and in trying to manipulate the government into liking him.
“He felt the best way is to start causing trouble for former Governor and now Minister of State for Defence, Matawalle since that is an easy spot on governor Dauda Lawal who always sees Matawalle as a threat,” the party said.
The party said Shinkafi’s claim that Kabiru Mafara was forced out of the APC smacks of deliberatel attempt to distort facts because Marafa who couldn’t secure any appointment left on his own volition.
“Marafa even boasted that he had made several moves against and for the APC to sack him but it didn’t which was why he exited himself,” the party said.
APC said even close supporters of Marafa and Sani Jahi, a member of the House of Representatives who was also suspended by the party, are well aware of the circumstances that led to their exits.
The party insisted that there was no division in its rank as claimed, noting that the APC has never been so united in Zamfara as it is now, owing to the dogged commitment of the trio of Minister Matawalle, Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, Senator Yarima Bakura, former governor Mamuda Shinkafi among others.
“It was this unity that made the APC to overwhelmingly defeat the ruling PDP in the state at the recent by-election for Kaura-Namoda South State Assembly election and we remain highly confident that even with the combination of betrayers like the money seeking monger Sani Shinkafi, anti party activist Sani Jaji and envious Kabiru Mafara, the APC is heading for a strong comeback in Zamfara come 2027.
“As APC is waxing stronger in Zamfara State will ensure that no stone is left unturned especially those with ill motive against the party’s success and unity.
” The party is calling on Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi to redress himself or face the consequences of his actions because we know of all his romance with the PDP in the state,” it said.
APC in Zamfara however, expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed for finding one of its leaders, Bello Mohammed Matawalle worthy of trust even as it lauded the president for proactively addressing insecurity in the country.
