Former Zamfara Central lawmaker, Senator Kabiru Marafa has introduced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central within the Senate from 2011 to 2019, mentioned the choice was borne out of what he described as President Bola Tinubu’s “use-and-dump” fashion of management and neglect of the State.
LEADERSHIP remembers that Senator Marafa served because the Zamfara State Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Marketing campaign Organisation within the 2023 presidential election.
He mentioned the choice adopted a two-day assembly of the Senator Kabiru Marafa Consultative Discussion board, held in Kaduna on August 27 and 28 with supporters from all 14 native authorities areas of Zamfara to deliberate on the safety, political and improvement challenges within the State.
A communiqué signed by the Chairman of the Discussion board, Comrade Bashir Mafara; Secretary, Dr. Mannir Bature Tsafe recalled that President Tinubu gained the 2023 presidential election in Zamfara underneath Marafa’s coordination.
Nevertheless, the group expressed remorse that regardless of this loyalty and contribution, Zamfara State has allegedly suffered neglect underneath Tinubu’s administration.
A part of the grievances of the the Discussion board embody what it referred to as escalating insecurity in Zamfara, citing current experiences that the state topped the record of kidnappings nationwide in 2024.
It famous that out of 4,722 recorded abductions throughout Nigeria, Zamfara accounted for 1,203 instances, stating that in only one week after a by-election, 25 villages had been attacked with 145 individuals kidnapped and 21 killed.
The Discussion board additionally claimed that Zamfara received solely a Minister of State appointment, whereas different North-West states received two slots every within the Tinubu-led administration.
The Discussion board famous that states the place Tinubu misplaced — particularly Lagos — loved extra ministerial and developmental patronage, describing this as deliberate neglect.
Not like different states affected by insecurity the place the President personally intervened with visits and {financial} assist, the Discussion board mentioned Zamfara has been ignored, leaving victims with out federal assist.
The group additional accused the nationwide management of sidelining Marafa’s political construction, opposite to APC’s founding ideas of equity, fairness, and inclusiveness.
Following “exhaustive consultations and a important evaluate of prevailing circumstances,” the Discussion board resolved that all the political construction of Senator Marafa throughout the 147 wards of the State has formally resigned from the APC in protest towards “sustained injustice, distrust, marginalisation, and deliberate neglect” of the state and its individuals.
It added that the subsequent political path of the groupd can be introduced sooner or later, guided by the collective curiosity of Zamfara individuals.
