The senator, in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, alleged that the protesters were mobilised by Governor Abdulaziz Yari “following his inability to bend rules to impose candidates who are his cronies on the party in the state”
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The Emir of Gusau, Zamfara, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, has called for collaborative measures by all stakeholders against supply of illicit drugs in order to reduce the spate of killings among youths in the state.
The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, said this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the forum meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja.
The two governors have visited Buhari several times over the primaries in their states
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has pledged not to dump All Progressives Congress in spite intense pressure from his supporters due to the crisis within the party in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Yari, who was visiting the presidential villa for the second time since the conduct of the controversial All Progressives Congress primaries in Zamfara, was accompanied by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission said in a letter on Wednesday that the party is not eligible to field candidates for governorship, national assembly and state assembly positions in Zamfara State
This was contained in a letter to the APC by the Acting Secretary to INEC, Okechukwu Udeche
Wakkala, who is an All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant, made the call while addressing his supporters in Gusau on Saturday.
The governor is having running battle with eight governorship aspirants in the state over the conduct of direct primaries
Governors of the All Progressives Congress on the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum, on Thursday said the party would come out stronger from the challenges that followed its primaries in some states of the federation.
Some All Progressives Congress stakeholders in Zamfara are meeting to avert crisis after Governor Abdulaziz Yuri kicked against arrangements made to conduct direct primary to select the party’s governorship candidate.
Yari made the assertion on Friday while addressing the All Progressives Congress supporters at Abubakar Tunau Model Primary School polling unit in Talata-Mafara town, Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State has warned governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the state against using insecurity to campaign against his government.
In Nigeria today, when you hear some states, certain things come to mind, automatically: when you hear Borno, you think Boko Haram; you hear Benue, you mind races to herdsmen; and of course, when you think Zamfara, you think of bandits, killing thousands across the state.
Yari, in a statement issued on Sunday in Gusau by Malam Ibrahim Dosara, his Special Adviser on Media and Public Enlightenment, cautioned his loyalists to desist from revenge.
The call was made during a joint rally organised by the supporters of the aspirants in Gusau on Sunday.
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State on Friday inaugurated a 46-member Elders’ Committee to reconcile aggrieved members of All Progressives Congress in the state.
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has revealed that a total of 2,385 people were killed by armed bandits in the state from 2011 to date.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor will seek to upstage Sen. Ahmad Sani-Yarima who is serving his third term as Senator representing Zamfara West.