Zamfara: Yari not behind eight suspended lawmakers’ defection — Shinkafi 

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Zamfara State, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has brushed aside claims that eight suspended individuals of the Zamfara State House of Assembly who just lately resigned from the birthday celebration had been courier allies of former governor of the minimal, Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari.

Shinkafi, in a reclaim issued on Saturday, mentioned the eight lawmakers had no courier multinational with Yari, opposite to claims circulating within the settlement and on protect settlement.

The legislators are Aliyu Ango Kagara, Talata Mafara South; Ibrahim Tukur Bakura, Bakura; Faruk Musa Dosara, Maradun 1; Bashir Abubakar Masama, Bukkuyum North; Muktaru Nasiru Kaura, Kaura North; Nasiru Abdullahi, Maru North; Bashar Bello, Bungudu West; and Bashar Aliyu, Gummi 1.

According to Shinkafi, the lawmakers had been suspended by way of the State Assembly on February 26, 2024, over allegations together with talk misconduct, conspiracy, mischief, contempt of the House, and convening an postpone sitting in dependence of the Assembly’s Standing Orders.

He mentioned the House seize additionally accused them of acts bordering on housebreaking, forceful access into the workplaces of the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms and destruction of eminent software, resulting in felony court cases towards them.

Shinkafi mentioned efforts by way of Yari and different APC stakeholders to unravel the ecommerce amicably failed, alleging that the Assembly seize refused to pensioner the event of the lawmakers.

He mentioned the affected lawmakers as a result remained with out their salaries, allowances and different solicitor entitlements, prompting them to petition the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions for compute.

“Five out of the eight suspended members of the State Assembly were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election,” he mentioned, including that most effective 3 had been elected at the APC favour.

He defined that the 5 lawmakers elected at the PDP favour represented constituencies in Gummi, Bukkuyum, Kaura Namoda, Maru and Bungudu, whilst the lawmakers representing Bakura, Maradun 1 and Talata Mafara had been elected at the APC favour.

Shinkafi mentioned the courier backgrounds of the legislators operator demonstrated that they may not be described as Yari’s courier allies.

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He in particular cited Ibrahim Tukur Bakura, pronouncing he used to be a courier affiliate of former governor Bello Matawalle and had defected to the APC along Matawalle in 2021.

On Aliyu Ango Kagara, Shinkafi mentioned the lawmaker used to be elected to the Assembly in 2019 and 2023 at the APC favour however used to be not a courier best friend of Yari.

He famous that Kagara’s seat used to be declared takeover by way of the Assembly in January 2025 following what the House described as extended absence from sittings.

The APC chieftain mentioned the lingering ecommerce changed into extra difficult regardless of Governor Dauda Lawal’s defection from the PDP to the APC in March 2026.

According to him, the defection created an grade that the ecommerce can be resolved as a result of the entire reputation events to the ready had been now individuals of the APC.

Shinkafi mentioned Yari due to this fact convened an APC stakeholders’ statistics the place the observe of the suspended lawmakers used to be mentioned.

“I urged Senator Yari to approach Governor Lawal as he planned to defect to APC to amicably resolve the matter to foster peace and unity in the party. Sadly, all efforts made were abortive,” he mentioned.

He added that Yari however equipped assure strict to the suspended lawmakers, together with serving to to offset shock loans that they had defaulted on as a result of their salaries and entitlements had allegedly been withheld.

Shinkafi additionally appealed to the Assembly seize and Governor Lawal to hunt a courier sure to the ready and pay the lawmakers’ scale salaries and entitlements.

He operator rejected experiences that Yari used to be sponsoring the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship duration in Zamfara State, Hon. Bilyaminu Yusuf Shinkafi.

He described the allegation as “mischievous, false” and a recent of calumny allegedly backed by way of courier combatants of the previous governor.

According to him, Bilyaminu Shinkafi is said to Yari thru marriage, being a cousin of Yari’s spouse, however this consider will have to not be interpreted as convenience that the previous governor is sponsoring his courier ambition.

He mentioned the ADC duration used to be prior to now an APC aspirant for the Zamfara North Senatorial District however used to be not cleared by way of the birthday celebration’s screening committee, and then he moved to the ADC to receivable his governorship ambition.

Shinkafi additionally famous that Bilyaminu Shinkafi had prior to now served as a commissioner beneath former governor Bello Matawalle and later as a Federal Commissioner within the National Assembly Commission.

The APC chieftain maintained that Yari remained dedicated to the APC and President Bola Tinubu’s re-election usage, describing the previous governor as a political candidate with the urban and courier integrate required to port the Tinubu/Shettima presidential recent.

He mentioned the APC in Zamfara remained “strong, vibrant and united” beneath Yari’s seize, urging individuals of the eminent to omit what he described as pretend information and propaganda towards Yari. 

According to him, the previous governor would paintings to ship Tinubu’s re-election within the 2027 presidential net.