APC e- registration suffers setback in Zamfara

…as federal legislator storms national

Despite the caution handed to state coordinators by the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee that all tendencies within state chapters be accommodated in the ongoing E- membership registration exercise, the process has suffered a setback in Zamfara state.

A federal lawmaker representing Kaura-Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Sani Jaji stormed the party national secretariat on Wednesday to raise alarm over orchestrated plot to exclude him from the registration exercise.

Checks revealed that Honourable Jaji is an aspirant for the governorship ticket in the forthcoming general elections.

Further checks revealed that former Zamfara state Governor and Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle is also in the race for the APC governorship ticket.

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Speaking with journalists, the Federal legislator alleged that those playing smart to hijack the party structures in the North west state ahead the party primary were behind the plot to deny him membership.

He said, ” Today, I came to see the national chairman of our great Party, the APC, and also the party executives, as a serving lawmaker, somebody who represents the people’s mandate.

“I think it is very, very important for me to meet with you at least to let you know much about while we are here.

“We are aware that our party has commenced the e-registration, and you know, in some places, there are some glitches here and there.

“I met with the national working committee today, because when the party started the e-registration, I was not in the country, I travelled for lesser hajj, then my people called me and said, oh, there’s an issue. They stopped the Organising Secretary of the State from participating in the process, and some of the people that are here in the state, they were denied their membership …

“They have not registered me. As a sitting member of the House of Representatives, as somebody who served as the Director of Budget and Operations during the 2023 general election, I said that, no, something is wrong somewhere.

“I said to myself, again, someone is working to undermine the unity of the APC for the 2027 general election, not only in the state, but maybe all over.

“In such a situation, we cannot allow it. We have to interface and interact with the Chairman, just for him to know that he should not allow such to happen because similar circumstances or scenarios have played out in 2015 in the then PDP.

“They undermined the presence of the structure of the parties in the state, and that is why the party collapsed with some other parties. I said, I know this brave Chairman that we have will not allow people to undermine it.

“We have to address the issues. Let him understand that, really, something must be done about such things that people are doing, which is not good for the party.”

“So, ladies and gentlemen, in a very short note, that is exactly why I’m here today.

When I met the Chairman, he was so excited, so glad to see me. He said that, no, Jaji, this one must be addressed.

The Zamfara lawmaker maintained that the plot to exclude him and his associates is linked to the 2027 power game in the state.

” I think that singular aspiration of mine is still making them have a serious unrest because they were not ready or prepared to explain to the people what they did while they were there, during their stewardship, what they did while the issue of insecurity, economic hardship, and other things are still prevailing in the state. They know that people still have hope in me, and really, I can change the narrative in the state.”