Zamfara APC crisis: Osinbajo meets Marafa, proffers solutions
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has made a proposal aimed at resolving the protracted crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, Sen. Kabiru Marafa (APC-Zamfara Central) has said.
- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has intervened the crisis rocking the Zamfara state chapter of the APC
- The vice president invited Sen. Kabiru Marafa to the presidential villa and proffered solutions to the crisis
- Marafa, after the meeting, said he will present the vice president's proposal before his colleagues and get back to him soon
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has made a proposal aimed at resolving the protracted crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, Sen. Kabiru Marafa (APC-Zamfara Central) has said.
Marafa disclosed this while speaking with State House correspondents after a private meeting with Osinbajo on Tuesday, February 19, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
He said that the postponement of the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections provided an opportunity to APC in Zamfara state to resolve the stalemate.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that Zamfara APC will not field candidates in the 2019 elections, following unresolved issues arising from the party’s primaries in the state.
A Zamfara state high court sitting in Gusau and a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on January 25, gave conflicting judgments on the Zamfara APC crisis.
While the state high court upheld the primary election conducted by the state chapter of APC, the Federal High Court in Abuja barred the party from fielding candidates in Zamfara in the upcoming general elections.
Marafa said he was in the Presidential Villa on the invitation of the vice president.
“It has to do with the political impasse in Zamfara; he called to see if we can work a way out of it.
“Our discussions were quite fruitful; it was an honest discussion; he is a good man and he gave out a proposal which we are going to look at because I am not alone in the journey; I have followers and friends; we are going to look at it and I promised I will get back to him; today or tomorrow.
“The vice president is concerned that the problem still lingers up until this time and he promised to do the needful and we will tap from his years of experience and wisdom,” the lawmaker explained.
According to him, the postponement offered a window for discussion.
He said that if not because of the postponement, he would not have been in the Villa to discuss anything.
“It goes without saying that it is an advantage; if the election had actually taken place last Saturday, there will not be anything to discuss.
“So, I think it is understatement to even to say it is an advantage to Zamfara state,” he said.
Marafa said that the postponement had given Zamfara APC five more days within which to work out something.
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Meanwhile, the Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against compromising its integrity and neutrality in the execution of its assignment, especially in the deployment of ad-hoc staffers in the state, during the rescheduled 2019 general elections.
The warning was contained in a statement sent to Legit.ng, on Monday, February 18, by the Kwara APC chairman, Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa.
The chairman said the party has received information that those being posted across the state as Electoral Officers (EOs) and Technical Staff were nominated and trained by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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