APC crisis deepens as Zamfara aspirant accuses Yilwatda of bias ahead of fresh primary

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State is heading for a crisis ahead of its fresh primary election to select the party’s candidate for the Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency.

Recall that the Court of Appeal had ordered a fresh primary in the constituency.

In what appears to signal the beginning of a brewing crisis within the Zamfara APC, an aspirant, Hassan Dangaladima, has petitioned two organs of the party over the actions of its National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda.

In the petition sighted by DAILY POST on Tuesday, which has since gone viral, Dangaladima levelled several allegations against the APC National Chairman.

Chief among his allegations is that Yilwatda unilaterally constituted the committee to conduct the fresh primary without recourse to the National Working Committee (NWC), which he heads.

“Pursuant to the said court order, the National Chairman purported to nominate and approve a committee to conduct the rescheduled primary election.

“The said nomination was made unilaterally by the National Chairman; no meeting of the National Working Committee was convened for that purpose.”

The petitioner also alleged that his main rival for the ticket, Honourable Aminu Sani Jaji, is not a card-carrying member of the party.

The petition urged the APC National Executive Committee, NEC, to halt the conduct of the fresh primary and appoint a new set of individuals to conduct the exercise.

However, in response to the petition, the APC National Chairman, through his media aide, Abimbola Tooki, dismissed the allegations as baseless.

According to the party chairman, the committee was properly constituted, contrary to the petitioner’s claim.

DAILY POST reports that the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal recently defected to the APC. President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign Director-General, Abdulaziz Yari, is also from Zamfara State.