Kabiru Marafa, the Zamfara State Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Organisation in the 2023 presidential election, has resigned his membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr. Marafa, a former senator who represented Zamfara Central, announced his resignation in a communiqué issued on Friday by his political base, the “Senator Kabiru Marafa Consultative Forum.”
The statement also declared that the entire Marafa political structure in Zamfara had pulled out of the ruling party. One of Marafa’s aides, who confirmed the development, said, “It is true. Despite everything he did to secure Tinubu’s victory in Zamfara, he was left out of this government.”
The aide added, “I don’t know about the letter, but the thing is that he has left the party.”
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The communiqué stated that the resignation was in protest against “injustice, mistrust and marginalisation of Zamfara State and its people.”
It read, “That the entire structure, with all its supporters, hereby formally resigns from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in protest against the sustained injustice, mistrust, marginalisation, and deliberate neglect of Zamfara State and its people.”
The group also accused President Bola Tinubu and the APC leadership of abandoning the party’s founding principles.
The communiqué said, “The failure of party leadership at the national level and Mr. President to ensure justice and fairness within the ranks of the party leaders at the state level… Instead of giving fair treatment to all important stakeholders, the national leadership decided to be selective in their dealings with APC members in the state, with our group being ignored.”
It added, “The above actions and omissions negate the fundamental principles of justice, fairness, equity and accountability upon which the APC was founded. Conscience demands that genuine progressives must stand for truth and resist injustice, no matter how uncomfortable.”
Marafa’s supporters also accused the APC-led federal government of “politicising insecurity in Zamfara.”
They alleged that while security agencies failed to protect communities suffering from banditry attacks, “heavy deployment of security personnel” was used to facilitate “electoral victory” for the APC during a by-election.
The communique noted, “The meeting noted with dismay the politicisation of insecurity in Zamfara State. This was evident during the recent House of Assembly by-election in Kaura Namoda, where villages that had suffered brutal attacks… received no federal government support till today.”
It further claimed that after the election, “security forces were withdrawn and attacks resumed immediately.”
The group also alleged that the APC spent a “humongous amount of money” on “vote buying” during the by-election.
The communiqué concluded, “This is how APC always prioritised the acquisition of political power over the protection of human lives and property.”
The forum stated that they would “in due course, announce our next political direction.”
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