Senator Kabiru Marafa’s faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state has urged Governor Bello Matawalle to defect to the APC.

According to the faction should the Peoples Democratic Party governor accept their urging to dump his party and relocate to the APC they would adopt him as their leader and cooperate with his administration for the good of the state.

Speaking shortly after their meeting in Tsafe Local Government Area, the Commissioner for Rural Development, Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar Tsafe, said their decision was premised on the governor’s effort to restore peace in the state.

The governor had appointed members of the APC under what he tagged an “all-inclusive government” and Tsafe was one of the appointees into the PDP-led government.

The commissioner said they have noticed the governor’s outstanding leadership qualities which led to the restoration of peace, a feat, he said, Governor Matawalle’s predecessor could not achieve in eight years as the executive governor of the state.

He further explained that Zamfara stands to reap a lot of benefits from the federal government because there is mutual respect between Governor Matawalle and President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that his defection would come with a lot of advantages especially in terms attracting federal government’s projects.