Zamfara: APC denies defection of Matawalle's aides to PDP

• Published date: 13 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked online medium reports that some Special Advisers to Gov. Bello Matawalle have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris.

Idris described the report as misleading and as a false information.

'The attention of Zamfara APC chapter has been drawn to a few social media reports making the rounds that some prominent members have left the party to the PDP in the state.

'The report is completely misleading and a desperate move by both the PDP and the defectors to build a fake image.

'It will be good to clear the minds of Nigerians that Zamfara people are well informed about who those imposters are' he said.

Idris further said that the purported Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC).

Alhaji Garba Muhammad-Danburan was not a current Chairman of the Commission.

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He said that Muhammad-Danburan was a former chairman of the commission while the incumbent ZASIAEC Chairman is Alhaji Isah Tambuwal.

'The three persons who deceptively posed as advisers, Alhaji Hamisu Magami, Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi and Alhaji Yunusa Rosy are not Special Advisers to Gov. Bello Matawalle.

'They only...