Revelations emerged yesterday on why Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle replaced his deputy with Sen Hassan Mohammed Gusau.
It was gathered that the move by Matawalle was to pacify some aggrieved members of the All Pr gressive Congress (APC) in the sharing formular.
With the change in the office of the deputy governor and the vacuum created at the National Asse bly, it was gathered that the APC in Zamfara state may soon reach a truce as Governor Bello Mat walle’s faction is making move to draft Sen. Kabiru Marafa to co test for the Zamfara Central Senatorial ticket to replace Sen. Hassan Mohammed Gusau.
Marafa’s camp has been in serious struggle for the party stru ture in the state but with the new proposed sharing formular, the crisis may soon come to an end.
LEADERSHIP reports that, Sen. Hassan Mohammed Gusau, a serving senator accepted to be deputy to Matawalle following the impeachment of Mahdi Aliyu G sau on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the action of Sen Gusau has created a vaccum likely to be filled by Sen. Kabir Marafa.
LEADERSHIP gathered that drafting Sen. Kabir Marafa into the Senate contest was to pac fy him into a true reconciliation in the crisis ravaging the APC in the state.
A source said plans have been perfected to engage stakeholders to lobby Sen. Marafa to accept the offer and contest of the Zamfara central Senatorial District by-election.
A close aide of Sen. Marafa also confirmed to LEADERSHIP that there was pressure on Sen. Marafa to accept the ticket.
“Yes, it is true, they have put forward the proposal to our camp, but we are not sure whether Sen. Marafa will accept the offer or not”, he added.
LEADERSHIP reports that if Sen. Kabir Marafa agreed to contest for the Zamfara Central Senatorial District ticket, it will bring about true reconciliation within the state APC.
Sen. Marafa was the one who succeeded Sen. Hassan Mohammed Gusau in 2011, had contested against him and won. (Leadership NG)
