APC postpones Zamfara congress amid Gov Lawal’s defection rumours

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has postponed the party’s ward, section government, and authorities congresses successful Zamfara State until further notice.

In a missive dated March 2, 2026, and addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the ruling enactment formally notified the committee of the suspension.

The correspondence, signed by the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, and the National Secretary, Sen. Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru, stated that the determination followed “ongoing consultations and the request to reason definite preparatory and administrative processes to guarantee the orderly, transparent, and credible behaviour of the congresses successful the state.”

According to the letter, the lone process presently approved to clasp successful Zamfara is the predetermination of three-man delegates from each section authorities country to enactment successful the party’s upcoming National Convention.

“The enactment volition pass a revised docket of activities for the authorities to the committee successful owed people and successful compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 and the Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, 2022,” the missive read.

It was gathered that the postponement whitethorn beryllium linked to ongoing consultations involving Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, arsenic respective r...