Zamfara APC boils: Deputy Gov. draws battle line with Gov. Yari

The crisis in Zamfara State All Progressives Congress (APC) has developed bug gulf between the Deputy Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala, and Governor Abdul’Aziz Yari. This culminated into the Deputy Governor, drawing support from the APC National Working Committee (NWC) drawing he battle line with the Governor towards the 2019 General Elections.
APC has become divided in Zamfara with governor leading a faction and the deputy governor aligning with the G8 against the governor. Deputy Governor Wakkala is being sponsored by the G8, in collaborating with the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, as APC governorship candidate in Zamfara.
Accordingly, Wakkala, in Gusau, accused Governor Yari of sideling him in the administration of the state since he declared for the APC governorship ticket, saying the governor denied him his rights and privileges of office.
Deputy Governor had on Sunday, declared: “For months now, several of the legal funding that are supposed to be made to my office has been stopped and I have been completely sidelined by the State Government.
“This attitude against me started since I indicated interest to run for the governorship of the state on the platform of our party, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“I know that nothing stops me as a citizen from contesting for any elective position, so, I want those concerned and responsible for the interpretation and implementation of the constitutional provisions that accorded me rights and privileges to explain to me why I am being treated this way.
“If my crime is my declaration, then, what about my supporting staff made up of casual staff, feeding of security personnel, fueling and services of vehicles attached to my office, what have they done to have their allowances stopped.”
The embattled Deputy Governor complained that it had still not been officially communicated to him that the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Sanusi Rikiji, would be acting as Governor of the state in the absence of Yari.
“I knew this on the pages of newspapers, the social media and when the Commissioner for Information told a journalist that I am treated this way because I belong to the G8 group.
“My concern at the moment, however, is to see that Zamfara is free from all these security challenges where the killings, kidnappings and animal rustling have taken charge.”