Chief of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State, Dr. Sani Shinkafi, has raised alarm over an alleged assassination try on his life, claiming it was orchestrated by disgruntled politicians and bandits following his essential remarks on the infamous bandit chief, Bello Torje. .
Talking to journalists at his residence in Gusau on Saturday night, Shinkafi revealed that some people tried to assault him throughout a marriage he attended at a mosque in Gusau final Friday.
He claimed that the assault was linked to his latest feedback on the failure of safety businesses to arrest Turje who had been terrorizing Zamfara communities.
Al-Shinkafi recounted the incident, saying that he was at Rabaa Mosque on Friday to attend the marriage of his colleague’s daughters when he was attacked by a gaggle of armed younger males.
“I used to be within the mosque when some boys carrying harmful weapons approached me, shouting insults and attempting to assault me. If it had not been for the short intervention of the safety forces and my political colleagues, they’d have killed me.”
Shinkafi expressed shock that the alleged attackers had been members of his social gathering, the APC, and described the incident as a deliberate try on his life.
“I recognized the attackers as members of the APC. That is clearly a mission to silence me as a result of I’ve publicly criticized the failure to arrest Bello Torje and said that we’ll not enable anybody to hijack our social gathering earlier than the 2027 common elections.”
Shinkafi accused some politicians inside the APC of being dissatisfied along with his place on insecurity and the social gathering management. He pledged to proceed talking out in opposition to injustice and warned in opposition to repeating earlier electoral errors within the state.
“All of us noticed how the APC misplaced Zamfara in 2019 and 2023 because of imposition of candidates. This is not going to occur once more underneath my authority. “I’ll proceed to face up for justice and communicate out about insecurity, no matter who it offends,” Shinkafi declared.
He urged President Bola Tinubu and APC stakeholders to deal with the insecurity plaguing Zamfara and deploy extra safety personnel to the state.
“Mr. President should take decisive motion in opposition to Torje and his accomplices if he’s to safe a second time period. The individuals of Zamfara deserve peace and safety,” he added.
Reacting to the incident, the Zamfara state department of the APC condemned the assault on Shinkafi and pledged to take motion in opposition to the perpetrators.
In an announcement issued by social gathering spokesman Yusuf Idris, the Normal Folks’s Congress described the assault as “unacceptable” and guaranteed members of justice.
“The APC totally condemns the assault that came about on Friday on Hon. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi throughout the marriage ceremony ceremony of Fatiha Sons of Alhaji Sidi Daki Tekoase. Such habits is alien to the values of our social gathering,” the assertion learn.
The social gathering additionally known as on its members to direct grievances via acceptable social gathering mechanisms, stressing its dedication to reconciliation and self-discipline.
“As a accountable social gathering, we are going to be sure that all members benefit from the privileges supplied by the Structure. Perpetrators of this self-discipline will probably be arrested and prosecuted,” Idris stated.
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