Some Angry Governors Plotting To Replace Oshiomhole With Yari – Marafa

Kabir Marafa, a former senator, has alleged that some governors
are plotting to replace Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) with AbdulAziz Yari, former
governor of Zamfara state.

Speaking with journalists in Zamfara, Marafa alleged that the
governors nursing this idea are out to take control of the
structures of the ruling party.

However, the former lawmaker refused to disclose the identities
of the governors but said those opposed to the leadership of the
national chairman are indirectly targetting President Muhammadu
Buhari with the aim to make the president and his supporters
politically irrelevant before the 2023 general election.

“The fight is not against Oshiomole, it is actually against the
president himself. It is only that they don’t have the guts to say
it now, but they will when the time is ripe,” Marafa said.

“It is evident that the plot to unseat Comrade Adams Oshiomole
by a gang of President Buhari’s adversaries has thickened. This
plot is merely aimed at hijacking the party structures and handing
it over to Yari – who till now is the arrowhead of all the people
that harbour a lot of bitterness against the president.

“The Governors in concert with their cronies, within and outside
the party, are doing everything possible to hijack the party
structures to ensure that the president and his sympathisers are
edged out of power equation in 2023.”

Marafa asked the president to be wary of Yari, citing instances
in the past where he (Yari) “acted against Buhari”.

“Yari and his co-travellers’ stock in trade is treachery and
backstabbing. The earlier the president and his men realizes it and
act accordingly, the better for them and the party itself,” he
said.

“Remember 2003 when the president and his party the ANPP lost
the general election? While the president and his men where nursing
the wound of loosing the election, one of the ANPP Governors now a
major pillar of Yaris support and collaborator, was sighted on
national television cutting PDP Victory cake in the Villa! That is
how all of them are.

“All these machinations are geared toward hijacking the party or
bouncing back to relevance and once that is done, the party’s
future is doomed. President Buhari should buckle up to save the
party from falling into the hands of his adversaries in his own
best interest, interest of the party, and that of the nation in
general.

“The party is built on justice, equity and fairness and that
will surely be eluded if the likes of Yari are allowed to succeed.
Make no mistake sir, those asking for Oshiomhole’s head today, are
actually looking for your jugular.”

The clash between Marafa and Yari made the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) to take control of Zamfara, which was a stronghold of
the APC.