EKO HOT BLOG reports that the national caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, has declared the governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, the leader of the party in the state.
This is just as the caretaker chairman also announced the dissolution of Zamfara APC executive council from wards, local government to state level.
Buni made this while speaking at the formal defection of Governor Matawalle to the APC in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital on Tuesday.
The caretaker chairman stated that Governor Matawalle would remain the leader of the party in the state and the party exco stands dissolved, urging all stakeholders to support the governor in delivering good governance.
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Speaking at the event, a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, said he had accepted the party’s decision and he would be ready to offer all necessary support to Governor Matawalle to succeed.
He said, “We will support the state governor and I want to remind him to be wary of sycophants so that the cordial relationship being enjoyed will not be truncated.”
In his address, Matawalle declared his readiness to ensure that every party faithful is treated with justice and fairness as the leader of the party.
Dignitaries in attendance include the governors of Katsina, Borno, Ogun, Plateau, Kano, Kogi, Kaduna, Jigawa, Niger, and Kebbi states, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, ministers, senators, members of the House of Representatives, among others.
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