The immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has
been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly
scuttling the party’s chances in Zamfara State.
The party recently lost the state to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Also expelled is the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the APC,
Lawali Shuaibu for allegedly conniving with Yari to sabotage the
National Working Committee (NWC) of the party during the botched primary
Elections of the state.
The decision to expel the former governor and the Deputy National
Chairman was taken at the end of an emergency meeting held in Gusau, the
Zamfara state capital.
A statement jointly signed by the chairman of the party in Zamfara,
Alhaji Surajo Garba Mai Katako and the Publicity Secretary, Muhammad
Bello Bakyasuwa, said the expulsion was sequel to the electoral
misfortune, “Yari and his co-travellers exposed the party to in Zamfara
state.”
The party recalled how “the former governor frustrated its efforts to
conduct primaries last year, thus laying the foundation for the
electoral misfortune that befell it in the state.”
It said: “After reviewing the outing of our party in the last general
election and the outcome of the Supreme Court Judgement, we hereby
dismiss the former governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari and the
Deputy National Chairman Sen Lawali Shuaibu from the APC.
“Following this development, we are urging them to immediately
surrender all the belongings of the party in their possession including
funds.
“Yari and his boys scuttled the efforts of our national headquarters
to conduct primaries on the 3rd and 7th of October 2018. His nefarious
activities led to the death of six persons and over 200 others were
injured.”
The party said the expulsion would be communicated to its national
headquarters for appropriate action on Thursday after the Sallah break.