Zamfara North: Shinkafi cries out over exclusion from APC Senate race

Former governorship campaigner successful Zamfara State, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has lamented the behaviour of the All Progressives Congress, APC, superior elections successful the state.

Shinkafi accused the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, of murdering ideology and shrinking the chances of the APC winning the wide predetermination successful Zamfara.

He noted that President Bola Tinubu had stated that the APC would adhere to antiauthoritarian principles and regularisation of instrumentality arsenic enshrined successful the Electoral Act 2026, peculiarly connected however a governmental enactment would nominate candidates for elections.

He besides pointed to immoderate instances erstwhile the APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, said the enactment would opt for nonstop primaries wherever statement arrangements failed to debar imposition of candidates that could adversely impact the enactment successful the wide election.

Shinkafi added, “To the top astonishment of astir aspirants for senatorial primaries successful Zamfara State, Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle arrived the state today with a backstage pitchy on with past and serving governors of Zamfara State claiming that Mr President had ordered that each aspirants for legislature should retreat for each serving senators for enactment primaries scheduled to clasp on Tuesda...