Yari Backtracks, Set To Welcome Matawalle Into APC

Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara State and former Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari has changed his stance on the coming of Governor Bello Matawalle into the APC saying that he is ready to welcome the governor into the Zamfara State chapter of the APC.

Yari spoke in Kaduna at a stakeholders’ meeting of APC chieftains from the 14 Local Government Areas of Zamfara State that was summoned to take a decision on the governor’s imminent defection.

Among those present at the meeting were Yari’s predecessor as governor,  Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi, Senator Aliyu Ikira Bilbis, former Speaker Sanusi Rikiji among others.

“As party loyalists, all the stakeholders  have accepted the circumstances we found themselves and we are ready to welcome Governor Matawalle,” Yari said.

 “We hope Matawalle’s coming into APC will be of benefit as well as add value to the party in the State. We will not take any position without our people’s consent, and that is why we invited all the stakeholders to take a stand. We will not decide on anything that will not be of benefit to the party as well as the state.”

“We agreed that the Governor is coming with authority while we have the population in the state. So we hope and pray that his coming to the part will be beneficial and will add value to the party in the state. So, he is welcome.”

“We welcome Matawalle to the APC. We hope his coming will be a good development and add value to the party in the state. As a party, we need as many people as possible to make the party bigger. We held this meeting to inform our people of our decision of accepting for the Governor to be in our party.”

On why he opposed reports in the past that Matawalle would join the APC, Yari said:

“I kicked against his joining the party initially because of the nature of the way the information reached us but whatever my reason are because of my people. Some of our people who I am representing are against his joining our party because they believe it would affect the oneness of the party.”

“We are welcoming him because it shows that we are doing the right thing and APC is well built in Zamfara state. Our performance in Zamfara, Bauchi, Kano, Borno and Lagos states is one of the things that attracted him. We hope it would come with a success for the party in future elections,” he said.

Affirming that Matawalle joining the APC will not derail his aspiration to be the national chairman of the APC, Yari said:

“It is not self appointment. My aspiration is still in top gear, his ( Matawalle) joining APC will not jeopardize it. If the zoning favours my zone then it is 100%. Two things I am bringing to the party are reconciliation and unity.”

“I’m still pushing to be APC National chairman because I know I can do better than most of the people as former state party secretary, the state party chairman, House of Representatives member, two terms governor and chairman Governors Forum,” he said.

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