The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has vowed to punish members trying to create problems in the party leadership in the state.

This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Tuesday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris.

He said, “The APC leadership under Alhaji Tukur Danfulani, we reiterate our support to President Bola Tinibu’s administration in the country. Danfulani was elected under the supervision of INEC through a National Secretariat Congress Committee headed by a highly respected party man, Senator Kabiru Masari, who is the current political adviser to President Bola Tinubu.

“The Zamfara State chapter of the APC, read with dismay a concoction of lies attributed to one Mansur Khalifa, a nonentity in the official circles of the APC both in Zamfara and at the National Secretariat of our great party in Abuja.

“It is surprising that a non-member of the party or someone who has been suspended indefinitely from the party from ward level, ratified by the State Executives and confirmed by the National Secretariat of the party. For the avoidance of doubt and in order to freshen their memories, persons such as Mansur Khalifa, including Aminu Jaji, were suspended from the party on March 17, 2024.”

According to Mr Idris, they were suspended over their alleged disrespect to the party and other forms of misconduct.

He said that the state APC leadership had observed the Mr Jaji support group’s constant alleged romance with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party, saying,” they are inching towards their possible defection from the APC.

“On the Ramadan packages distributed by our leaders, the party’s communiqué appreciated the individuals mentioned who supported the members of the party. The party remains fully grateful to them; we urge them to continue to do more for the benefit of our members and the entire people of the state. Our leaders, including former governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, and the Minister of State, Defence, Bello Matawalle, had supported thousands of beneficiaries from the nooks and crannies of the state with cash, grains and clothing materials.”

Mr Idris stated that Mr Matawalle remained the APC leader in Zamfara State, adding, “They have failed to understand what we have been telling them because of their envy for Matawalle.

“The APC has a constitution that guides its politicking which whether they like it or not, he is the leader of Zamfara APC. The constitution of our great party has clearly spelt out that if there is a sitting governor in a state who is a member of APC, he is the leader. If there is no minister from the state, a past governor is the leader. So, Matawalle, both as the immediate past governor and the current minister from Zamfara, is the APC leader. Challenging Matawalle is misconduct and disrespect to the party’s constitutional guideline.”

(NAN)