The All Progressives Congress has responded to an accusation made by Senator Kabir Marafa of Zamfara State.
Previously, the senator criticised APC Chairman Governor Mai Mala Buni on Sunday following the suspension of the ward congress in the state, claiming that APC did not notify the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Reacting to the attack, APC issued a statement insisting that it did not suspend ward congresses in Zamfara State.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to uninformed and misguided comments by Senator Kabiru Marafa regarding the APC Ward Congresses held in Zamfara State on Saturday, November 13, 2021.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the APC received intelligence reports bordering on the security of the Zamfara State APC Ward Congress Committee, hence the need to temporarily suspend their activities. That necessitated the letter of November 5, 2021 to the Chairman of the Committee, Ibrahim Kabir Masari, only.
“After, evaluation and consultations, the Committee, in a letter dated November 10, 2021 was okayed to proceed with the conduct of the Zamfara State Ward Congresses on Saturday, November 13, 2021, which Sen Marafa participated.
“This had nothing to do with the 21 days notice for the conduct of Wards, Local Government Areas and State Congresses in Zamfara State earlier sent to INEC, which subsists. The letter to Ibrahim Kabir Masari which Sen Marafa is brandishing is an internal administrative correspondence and was not copied to INEC nor any other agency or person(s) as the case may be.”
