By: John Bassey, Zamfara.

Zamfara state APC chairman Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani has presented former Kaura Namoda local government PDP party chairman Hon. Sadiq Abubakar Ciroma to the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle to formally welcome him into the state APC family.

Tukur Danfulani said, “Your Excellency, we are in your place to present the former Kaura Namoda PDP party chairman, Hon. Sadiq Abubakar Ciroma, who resigned his PDP party chairmanship position in Kaura Namoda local government and joined the APC while you were out of the country representing Nigeria on matters of national development.

As contained in a statement by Comrade Yusuf Idris Gusau, the state APC publicity secretary, the state APC Chairman said, Dr. Matawale being one of the party’s leaders in Zamfara state, we find it necessary to present the Decamped PDP party Chairman to you to welcome him along with his supporters into the big family of APC in Zamfara and Nigeria at large.”

Welcoming the PDP Chairman Matawalle said APC needs people like Ciroma who plays politics with vision and positive thinking that can assess political leaders and come up with a clear decision to help Zamfara people and remove them from the indirect slavery or marginalization of state indigene by the few members of a cabal of the present government where citizens do not have access to their resources and turning them into beggers in their own state.

He assured him that the APC will give them equal opportunities with a good enabling environment, like any other member of the party.

Matawalle further said that APC is a party that gives priority to welfare and promotes Justice, unity, and progress to all party members across the board.

Speaking earlier, Hon. Sadiq Abubakar Ciroma said his bold decision to resign his chairmanship position of PDP in Kaura Namoda local government is a result of how he sees APC leaders in Zamfara being given all the necessary attention in these difficult times.

He remarked that PDP members in Zamfara are playing the role of opposition because “we are neglected by Governor Dauda Lawal, where some of his council members cannot maintain even their houses, let alone providing succour to others, What the government prioritizes is how to collect revenue from the state electorate at all costs.

He assured that he is in APC to support the party to defeat PDP in the state and that by the grace of God, APC will form the next government in Zamfara state come 2027.