Zamfara: Marafa meets stakeholders, ready for reconciliation with Yari’s faction

Senator Kabiru Marafa met with All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders from Zamfara state in Kaduna on Saturday to discuss the All Progressives Congress (APC) crisis in the state.

Marafa also stated his readiness to reconcile with the other faction led by ex-Governor Abdulaziz Yari.

The crisis between the Marafa and Yari factions led to APC running two parallel offices in Zamfara state and cost the party all political offices in the 2019 general elections, but Marafa said following a reconciliation meeting at the instance of the APC Caretaker Committee led by Governor Mai Mala Buni, with all APC stakeholders in the state, the two factions are set for reconciliation.

“Following the meeting convened by the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of our great party,  the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, we are meeting with critical stakeholders of our faction (APC Mai Jama’a, which literally means APC of the grassroots) today in Kaduna.

“The chairman of the caretaker committee of our party, His Excellency, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state had on Monday in Abuja met with me and other stakeholders of our party from Zamfara state to address the lingering crisis in our state chapter.

“At the meeting, we all agreed and reasoned to come together and work for the benefit of our people. The party is ours and we have worked and laboured for its growth.

“In fulfillment of that pledge, we have convened this meeting with all the critical stakeholders of our faction, from all the 14 local government areas of Zamfara state to actualise the reconciliation move initiated by the party in Abuja.

“As peace loving and loyal party members, we are ready for a genuine reconciliation, where all will be carried along in the scheme of things in the party at all levels.

“Ours is not a one-man-show,  it is a movement, involving millions of Zamfara people who are satisfied with our leadership. At this meeting, we will brief our members about the Abuja meeting and the next line of action which is genuine reconciliation.

“It is our hope that the two factions of APC in Zamfara state is merged. After this meeting, we will look at the possibility of meeting with the Yari’s faction on the way forward. We will extend hands of fellowship to the Yari’s faction with sincerity. We will make demands for genuine reconciliation. In our religion, reconciliation is very important,” Marafa said.

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