Fred Itua, Abuja
Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa has disputed the claim by the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the crisis rocking the Zamfara State chapter of the party has been resolved.
The committee had at the end of its meeting on Tuesday, claimed that the crises in the Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Zamfara, Ondo and Oyo State chapters of the party, had been resolved.
However, when contacted, Marafa, a governorship aspirant of the party in the 2019 election, said the committee has not done anything since its inception to resolve the crisis in its Zamfara State chapter.
Marafa who said the two factions of the party in Zamfara State are still existing and operating parallel secretariats in Gusau, the state capital and across the 14 local government areas of the state, said, “this ungodly claim by the committee would only worsen the crisis of the party in the state.”
He reiterated the commitment of his camp to fight for its rights and the rights of average Zamfara APC members.
He said: “With this statement, the committee has deflated the trust and confidence reposed in it, by misleading the public with the claim that it has resolved the crises in the states mentioned. The committee has lost its integrity and its members should therefore resign or be sacked. This is nothing but a wicked lie.
“I pray that the committee is not on a mission to destroy the party completely. They have not done anything and have not contacted anybody; either by phone or letter, formally or informally. They are behaving as if Zamfara State does not exist and therefore doesn’t matter.”