By Haruna Salami.
Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), has called on the leadership of the All Progressive Party, APC severely punish Governor Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari following untimely death of 6 people and injuries sustained by about 100 electorate, mostly women in the crisis allegedly caused by the governor at the All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries that was cancelled.
The crisis in the Zamfara chapter of the APC took a dramatic turn Wednesday when the Independent National Electoral Commission allegedly wrote to the APC national secretariat that that the party has lost the chance to field candidates in the forthcoming general elections from the state
Marafa spoke with newsmen in Abuja while reacting to report that INEC has banned the APC in the state from fielding candidates in the forth coming general election.
Speaking on the political situation in the state, Marafa said Yari transformed himself into an electoral institution and reportedly went ahead to declared election result, a crime that should not be go unpunished.
“Today it is Zamfara state, if it is allowed and tomorrow another governor do the same, it will have consequences. I think all those who were involved should be brought to book. This is the kind of person that can cause war in the country. A governor that went ahead to collate result in total disregard of committee’s decision.
“He went out to collate result and was on air declaring it through the chairman who the party asked not to take part in the exercise, resulting in violence, with 6 people killed and others sustained injuries, mostly women.
“APC must descend heavily and quickly on the actions of the governor, because they have a duty to protect the party, they have a duty to protect the process, if this kind of attitude is allowed to go unpunished, then it is setting a very bad precedence for others to follow. Only God knows who is going to copy it and what the consequences will be” Marafa said.