8 Zamfara Lawmakers Set To Return To APC After Meeting Tinubu

Eight members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly who lately resigned from the All Progressives Congress are set to return to the ruling get together following a gathering with President Bola Tinubu.

The lawmakers had been led to the assembly by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, in keeping with an announcement issued on Monday by Ahmad Dan-Wudil, media aide to the previous Zamfara State governor.

Dan-Wudil stated the legislators reaffirmed their loyalty to the APC and pledged their continued assist for Tinubu through the assembly.

He added that Matawalle had promised to combine the lawmakers into the Tinubu Again Movement to mobilise assist for the President and different APC candidates forward of the forthcoming elections.

“Following the meeting, Minister Matawalle pledged to integrate the lawmakers into the Tinubu Again Movement, to work collectively for President Tinubu and all APC candidates ahead of the forthcoming elections,” the assertion learn.

The lawmakers left the APC earlier this month, citing worsening insecurity, alleged injustice and the non-payment of their salaries and allowances.

The legislators are Aliyu Kagara, representing Talata Mafara South; Ibrahim Bakura, representing Bakura; Faruk Dosara, representing Maradun I; and Bashir Masama, representing Bukkuyum North.

Others are Muktaru Kaura, representing Kaura North; Nasiru Abdullahi, representing Maru North; Bashar Bello, representing Bungudu West; and Bashar Aliyu, representing Gummi I.

However, the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Bilyaminu Moriki, had stated the lawmakers had been suspended from the meeting earlier than their departure from the APC.

Moriki stated the legislators had been suspended on February 26, 2024, over allegations of gross misconduct, conspiracy, mischief, contempt of the House and convening an unlawful sitting in violation of the meeting’s standing orders.