The political rift between Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa and the Minister of State for Defence, aBello Mohammed Matawalle, has deepened, with Marafa challenging Matawalle’s recent claim that he had assisted the Senator while he was the Governor of Zamfara State.
Senator Marafa, through a statement issued by the Chairman of the Marafa Support Group, Alhaji Surajo Garba Maikatako, denied receiving any assistance, insisting that he was responsible for Matawalle becoming governor in the first place.
Maikatako dismissed the statement credited to Tukur Danfulani, the Zamfara State APC Chairman, claiming that his principal, Matawalle, assisted Senator Marafa.
He queried that, how can Tukur Danfulani has the audacity to challenge us to show where Matawalle helped Senator Marafa. “This is an inversion of reality. We are the ones who are supposed to ask where Matawalle helped Senator Marafa.
Maikatako stressed that the political history of Zamfara State clearly shows that it was Marafa who helped Matawalle. He emphatically stated that divine providence made Matawalle Governor through Senator Marafa’s efforts.
He said: “Senator Marafa brought the entire government of Bello Matawalle into existence. Matawalle himself acknowledged this and promised never to betray him, a promise he has now broken.
“Now, Tukur Danfulani claims people are jealous of them. This is laughable. How can we be jealous of them? How can we envy what we ourselves created? He matawalle became governor through our principal senator Marafa. We are the source; they were the result. Their attempt to claim our success as their own is the ultimate sign of failure.
“Tukur Danfulani and his principal, Bello Matawalle, are failures. Their failure is political, moral, and now, historical. They have failed to honor a sacred debt, failed to uphold their promises, and now fail to even tell the truth about their own origins.
“While our principal, Senator Marafa, remains a fearless teller of truth, his former ally is shadowed by serious and specific allegations from credible sources—allegations he refuses to challenge in court. The people of Zamfara see this clearly.
“We do not envy failures. We stand on the solid ground of truth and principle with Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa.”
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