A former senator representing Zamfara Central at the National Assembly, Kabiru Garba Marafa, Wednesday, debunked rumour that he is planning to defect from his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The chairman, Board of Trustees of Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa’s APC faction, Alhaji Surajo Maikatako, stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Gusau.
Maikatako described the rumour of Senator Marafa’s defection plan to SDP as malicious, baseless and rootless.
“Sen. Marafa is still in APC and will remain in APC, no matter the amount of threats to fight injustice and disunity in APC, Zamfara state chapter.”
He said Senator Marafa has never thought of defection to any political party in Zamfara state.
Blueprint reports that the former Senator served as campaign coordinator in Zamfara state of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2023 general elections.
On Ramadan packages, Maikatako stated that Senator Marafa reached over 20,000 of his supporters in the state.
Maikatako urged supporters of the senator in to remain calm and law abiding citizens and shun any move that could cause political instability in the state.