Author: Nwafor Polycarp
BEN AGANDE, KADUNA, Dangida Aliyu, Jigawa; Bashir Bello, Katsina.
The recent primaries in the major political parties in the Northern part of the country have thrown up new challenges that pose a threat to the otherwise cohesive position of the All Progressive congress, APC and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the different states of the north west.
Zamfara which had been the traditional stronghold of the opposition party since return to democracy in 1999, was expected to have a seamless transition from the incumbent governor to his successor. But that was not to be as various political gladiators are locked in a bitter contest in their quest to determine who succeeds the governor.
While the incumbent, Yari has an anointed successor in the person of his commissioner for finance, he is being fiercely opposed by a constellation of other forces, led by his deputy as well as the minister of defense, who believe that they ought to have a say in who takes over the government house in 2019. The impasse created by this disagreement is posing a real threat to the participation of the APC in the 2019 election.
Source: Vanguard news ,Google news
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