By Ahmed Attahir Gusau
In a bid to stop his alleged plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), six PDP governors, led by Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday stormed Zamfara state to pay sympathy visit to Governor Bello Matawalle.
Recall, some APC governors, led by Kebbi state Governor, Abubakar Bagudu were in the state on Tuesday to commiserate with the governor over the Tudun Wada Market inferno and donated N50million to the victims.
Speaking at the government House in Gusau, on Wednesday, River State Governor, Nyesom Wike advised Governor Mattawale not to be intimidated by the recent federal government order on ‘no fly zone’ in the state.
According to Wike, “I can’t understand a party which declared Zamfara a no fly zone is coming to woo the governor, Zamfara people should shine their eyes because God who gave Matawalle governor has not abandoned him.
“Do not lose sleep in Zamfara, we shall overcome, the governor met the problem of insecurity and is not as if it started when he became governor, so, nobody can come and use insecurity to intimidate the governor or any other governor,”
He described the recent APC Governors forum donation of N50 million as a Greek gift, and urged Matawalle not to receive the opposition again.
Earlier, Governor Tambuwal said the entourage were in Gusau to sympathise with the government, the good people of Zamfara State and the victims of Tudun Wada Market fire.
The PDP Governors forum donated one hundred million naira to the victims of the inferno.
Meanwhile, Matawalle expressed happiness with the visit by the PDP governors which he described as timely.
The governors include, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Darius Ishaku of Taraba and Ahmad Umar Fintiri of Adamawa.
