Sulaiman Tudu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government (SSG), Abubakar Nakwada, has said there’s no cause for alarm regarding the defection of the latter’s younger brother, Bello Nakwada’s from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

Mr Tudu, in a statement in Gusau on Friday, said, “There are no worries to the SSG about the defection of his younger brother to the APC.

“Looking at our political terrain, this isn’t the first time family members have politically opposed each other, including the likes of Atiku Abubakar, a presidential aspirant whose biological son recently joined his father’s major rival political party.

“If there’s anything interesting about this, the Zamfara State APC should explain why Hon. Yahaya Yari, the younger brother of their supreme leader, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, is in the PDP.

“Today, the Zamfara State chapter of the APC hit the headlines with a press statement, trumpeting the defection of Bello Nakwada, a brother to the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government,  Malam Abubakar Nakwada, who decided to bolt into their party.

“The APC has cleverly framed the story around the SSG, trying to portray the development as a game-changer in Zamfara State politics, while in reality, it’s just a spin to divert attention from the party’s internal meltdown.

“I can understand that the story wouldn’t be newsworthy without riding on the SSG’s profile, especially since they know that the decampee is a political paperweight.”

Mr Tudu said that the story came at a time when “many influential APC members in the state were dumping the factionalised party and joining forces with Governor Dauda Lawal.”

According to him, the included a former state chairman of the APC, Lawali Makaman-Kaura, prominent youths mobilisers, Jamilu Escape and Ramadan Mijinyawa, among many other members of the party from across the state.

Mr Tudu added, “The APC’s fuss and efforts to masquerade this defection as a major victory or something serious only exposes their desperation to fake relevance.

“Let them be reminded that we are in a democracy that allows any adult to decide which political party they join that aligns with their interests. The SSG’s family members aren’t an exception to this general democratic principle.”

He stated if any of the SSG’s family members was not interested in Mr Lawal’s transformative agenda, that’s their choice.

He said, “But what should be clear is that the SSG  wouldn’t compromise his position to satisfy anybody’s greediness.”

Mr Tudu said that the SSG was focused on assisting his principal, Mr Lawal in transforming Zamfara State and “wouldn’t be distracted.” 

(NAN)