Tinubu assures end to banditry in Zamfara
… Matawalle, Yari back second term bid for Governor Lawal
From Ibrahim Sidi Muh’d, Gusau
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured people of Zamfara State that the issue of insecurity bedeviling the state will soon become history.
According to him, formidable strategies have been designed to conquer the bandits disturbing the peace in the state.
The President, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, made this declaration in Gusau Zamfara State capital on Tuesday while formally receiving Governor Dauda Lawal into the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He described Governor Lawal’s defection into APC as an additional strength to the party, and an indication that the party’s flag would keep flying in Zamfara, which before now was one of its stronghold.
“I urge all noble members of the APC across the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State to support Governor Dauda Lawal for him to continue taking the state to the heights”, Tinubu said.
In the same vein, former Zamfara State Governor and Minister of State for Defense alongside Senator Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, jointly registered their unreserved support for Governor Lawal as the APC sole gubernatorial candidate in the 2027 general election.
In his speech, Matawalle told all his supporters across the 147 wards of the 14 local government areas of the state that he would not contest for governorship in 2027.
“With due respect, I stand to notify you that, I will not contest gubernatorial seat anymore, but would rather remain soliciting for your unreserved support for Governor Dauda Lawal instead. Therefore, whoever is willing to vote for me by 2027 as governor of the state should do so for Dauda Lawal,” Matawalle said.
Also speaking, Yari called on all members of the APC across the state, to bury their political differences that led to creation of avoidable factions in the party, and work as one family under one umbrella to achieve success during upcoming general elections.
“We should forget and forgive all what we saw as wrongs been done to us by our brothers and sisters in Zamfara politics.
“This is a new dawn for our political struggles. Let us accept the sitting Governor Dauda Lawal who has been chosen to join our party. He was once a bonafide member of the APC which he left for another party and has now come back home”, Yari said.