Tag: Kabiru Marafa

Cross-carpeting: “We have not joined PDP” – Senator Marafa, ex-Gov. Yari deny dumping APC

Aminu Imam

Senator Kabiru Marafa, of Zamfara State, has denied reports that he and ex-governor, Abdul-Aziz Yari, have dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Recall that Marafa was reported to have said the opposition party has reached an agreement with both APC stalwarts and that their formal declaration would happen soon. However, Senator Marafa, while speaking in an interview on Sunday, was quoted to have said, “All we know is that we are into negotiations with many political parties that have invited us to join them…

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2023: Crooks within APC want to install serving Gov as Buhari’s successor – Marafa alleges

Ishaku Yohanna

The political quagmire between the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari and Senator Kabiru Marafa has taken a new twist as the latter has taken a swipe at the former, saying that Yari was misleading the All Progressives Congress, APC Caretaker Committee chaired by the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni. Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central in the 8th Senate, said that Buni’s Committee was failing to reconcile aggrieved party members because he was listening to the former Zamfara State governor. The former Zamfara governor said he told Buni…

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Zamfara: Marafa faction dares APC panel over sack threat

Ishaku Yohanna

The Zamfara State faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Senator Kabiru Marafa, said the decision of the Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, to sack its chairman would spell doom for the party. State Publicity Secretary of the faction, Alhaji Bello Bakyasuwa, said this in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, the decision of the national caretaker committee to empower the faction of the party loyal to the former governor of the state, Abdullaziz Yari, to expel members of the Marafa-led…

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Court sacks Zamfara APC Exco, orders fresh congress

Ishaku Yohanna

Zamfara State High Court lV on Friday dissolved the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in the state and ordered for fresh election of the party executives at wards, local government and state levels. The judge, Bello Tukur, who delivered the judgement, said that the congress that produced the leadership of the party was not conducted in line with law and order and, therefore, nullified. He ordered for fresh congresses to produce the party’s leadership in the state. Speaking to journalists after the judgement, Lead Counsel to a faction of the…

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