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Senator Kabiru Marafa Dumps APC

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Aug 29, 2025

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Senator Mafara made the announcement in a video clip, speaking in Hausa, where he addressed his supporters.

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The former lawmaker accused the ruling party of betraying its members and being deeply divided in Zamfara state, adding that he had had extensive consultations with party members over the past two days regarding the APC's performance over the last two years.

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According to the former lawmaker, the betrayal and division within the APC were particularly severe in Zamfara.

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He said: "I want to use this medium to inform my supporters in Zamfara state, north and Nigeria as a whole that after a series of meetings with my people for about two days regarding the issue of politics starting from two years back of the APC government, we feel it is necessary to inform the public that APC as a party has betrayed and cheated us in Zamfara state and Nigeria.ÔÇØ

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Speaking further, he said the unresolved factional struggle between party leaders, Mai Mala Buni, the Governor of Yobe State, and Bello Matawalle, the former Governor of Zamfara State and Nigeria's Defence Minister, as a key factor.

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He said, "In the state, the betrayal is at its highest peak because since Bala Buni took over the affairs of the party from former governor Matawalle, they have not held a single meeting up till this moment.

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"The party has been divided into two parts: one part is for Bala Buni and the other is for Matawalle. This is two years and six months now, we ask them to resolve their differences, and nothing has been done.ÔÇØ

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"So, because of these, I have decided to quit the APC party, and I will continue my consultation to see if, in no distant time, I will announce my new party,ÔÇØ he added.

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