Mr Kabir Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central in the Senate from 2011 to 2019, has announced plans to revive the “Marafa faction” of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara.
He told newsmen in Kaduna on Monday that the step was necessitated by his group’s expulsion from the party.
According to him, the decision was taken at the group’s meeting in Kaduna.
“Now that we have been excluded from the Zamfara State APC, we want to adopt ourselves”, Marafa declared.
“We have instructed our followers to reincarnate and re-establish our factions from polling units to the state level because that’s what the leaders of the APC want.
“There are always implications for every action, and we are quite conversant with the rules, having been on this path in the past. We know the road”, he said.
Marafa emphasised that his group is ready to revive the faction “starting from the grassroots”.
“We are going to reincarnate our faction which we dissolved in favour of the Yari faction because it was the faction recognised by the APC at that time.
“Since we agreed to come together, we felt there was no need for another faction”, he explained.
He noted that when they formed an alliance, Yari’s faction stayed, and Matawalle accepted.
“Whenever there is an APC meeting in Zamfara, two factions are recognised :Yari’s and Matawalle’s .
“From today, I have instructed my followers to reincarnate and re-establish our faction right from the polling units to the state level because that’s what the leaders of APC have pushed us into”, Marafa reiterated.
Marafa also highlighted the severe implications of any actions taken, emphasising the familiarity with the rules and the road ahead.
He expressed deep concern over the insecurity in Zamfara, acknowledging it as the state’s greatest problem and a significant concern for everyone.
“Our people are under siege; that is the truth of the matter”, he said, while decrying the alarming state of insecurity in Zamfara.
He acknowledged the federal government’s commitment to ending insecurity in the state, urging everyone to cooperate with security agencies to rid Zamfara of the miscreants.
“My message to the people of Zamfara is to think deeply and choose leaders who will help them address insecurity”, he said.
