A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 elections in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has blamed former governor, Abdulaziz Yari, for the loss of the party in the state.
The former senator made this known while speaking to newsmen on Tuesday. Marafa noted that he was not be blamed for the misfortunes of the party, saying he was not the one who dragged the party to court.
He said Yari took the party before the Zamfara State High Court and made three prayers that cost the party to lose the governorship seat, three senatorial seats, seven House of Representatives seats, and 24 state House of Assembly seats to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Marafa said: “He asked the court to declare his primary elections legal, compel APC national headquarters to accept the results of his illegal primary elections and forward the results to INEC and to compel INEC to accept the forwarded results and allow the candidates to participate in the general elections. The court granted all his prayers.
“We went to Court of Appeal Sokoto and challenged the ruling. The three judges of the Court of Appeal unanimously quashed and threw out the judgement of the lower court.
“Not satisfied, Yari appealed to the Supreme Court, and in its judgement, the apex court did not only agree with the Court of Appeal but went further to declare APC votes wasted and awarded N10 million cost in our favour!
“So, who is the aggressor and spoiler in chief? Who caused the problem, I ask you? When did self-defence become a crime in this country?”
