US EditionNigeria: Tinubu's Campaign Coordinator Quits APC, Says Forum
Senator Kabiru Marafa's group cites exclusion from key appointments and lack of federal aid despite Zamfara topping Nigeria's kidnapping list with 1,203 cases in 2024.
- On August 27, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa announced his entire political structure across 147 wards formally resigned from the APC following a two-day consultative meeting in Kaduna.
- The Forum said the exit was driven by sustained injustice, mistrust, marginalisation, and deliberate neglect of Zamfara State, which received only a Minister of State appointment while other North‑West states got fuller ministerial representation.
- Local groups highlighted acute insecurity, noting Zamfara State accounted for 1,203 of 4,722 kidnappings nationwide in 2024 and attacks on 25 villages with 145 abducted and 21 killed, per Zamfara Circle Community Initiatives.
- A communiqu� signed by eight members including Bashir Muhammad Mafara, Chairman of the Forum, and Mannir Bature Tsafe, Secretary of the Forum, confirmed the exit, and an unnamed aide confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES.
- Given his 2023 coordination of Tinubu's win in Zamfara, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of a `use-and-dump` leadership style and noted the president has not visited the Zamfara electorate.
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Nigeria: Tinubu's Campaign Coordinator Quits APC, Says Forum
Kabiru Marafa, a former senator who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2019, announced his resignation in a communique issued on Friday by his political base, the Senator Kabiru Marafa Consultative Forum, after a two-day meeting held in Kaduna.
Senator Marafa dumps APC, says Tinubu reneged on campaign...
The Zamfara State Coordinator of Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation in the 2023 presidential election, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a use-and-dump leader. Senator Marafa dumped the APC with his entire structure in Zamfara, during a meeting in Kaduna which lasted from Wednesday to Thursday. Marafa represented Zamfara Central at the Nat…
Tinubu's campaign coordinator quits APC, says Forum
Kabiru Marafa, a former senator who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2019, announced his resignation in a communique issued on Friday by his political base, the Senator Kabiru Marafa Consultative Forum, after a two-day meeting held in Kaduna.
BREAKING: Drama as Popular Northern Senator Dumps APC, Alleges Tinubu Is a ‘Use-and-Dump’ Leader
In a significant turn of events, former Zamfara central senator, Kabiru Garba Marafa, who served as the state coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign organisation in the 2023 presidential election, has announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central in the Senate from 2011 to 2019, hinged his decision to what he described as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “use-and-dump” style of lead…
Ex-Zamfara Central Senator Marafa Dumps APC
Former Zamfara Central lawmaker, Senator Kabiru Marafa has announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central in the Senate from 2011 to 2019, said the decision was borne out of what he described as President Bola Tinubu’s “use-and-dump” style of leadership and neglect of the State. LEADERSHIP recalls that Senator Marafa served as the Zamfara State Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Campai…
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