The Senator Kabiru Marafa faction of the All progressive Congress, (APC) has distanced itself from what they described as reckless statement on former National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd) reportedly made by the Publicity Secretary of APC led by Governor Bello Matawalle.
A statement by the spokesman of the Marafa’s faction, Bello Bakyasuwa said for the record they should be counted out of what the Matawalle group alleged.
The statement which read in part said: “We read with dismay the reckless and wild allegations made by one Yusuf Idris who presented himself as Zamfara State APC Publicity Secretary, associating the state of insecurity with a ‘Retired General’ who owns 70 percent of the mining sites in the state.
“For the record, we seek to be counted out of this remarks” Bakyasuwa said.
Continuing, the statement said “The Senator Marafa-led faction of APC under the Chairmanship of Alhaji Sirajo Garba Maikatako categorically condemns the allegation and consider it baseless, careless and irresponsible.
“Our understanding of the formation and character of the three factions of APC in the state vis-a-vis the contents of the briefing from which the reports were developed point to the action as a product of the crafty government faction that depends on blackmail, propaganda and witch-hunt to survive.
“We are obliged by statements like this to call on the media to do well by indicating clearly the faction of APC from where they sourced the content of their publications”.
According to Bakyasuwa, Zamfara State, so far has three factions of APC namely Former Governor Yari-led faction; Senator Marafa-led faction; and Governor Bello Matawalle-led faction in the order of their formation, since the lingering crisis that characterised the party from 2019 to date.
“Unless the dispute is settle by competent court of law or acceptable consensus, we want to appeal to the media to properly label reports with their relevant factions to avoid misguided attributions”.
He maintained that “it is a duty to call on the Bello Matawalle-led faction of APC which Mr. Yusuf Idris represents to moderate their desperation and accord due respect to our elder statesmen by avoiding cowardly and escapist statements against his person” Bakyasuwa added.
