Sunday Aborisade, AbujaThe senator representing Zamfara Central, Kabir Marafa, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for maintaining its earlier position on the rejection of All Progressives Congress’ candidates from Zamfara State. He said, “I urge President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend his proposed campaign to Zamfara State on Sunday. [READ ALSO] Impeachment: Pro-Ambode groups threaten Assembly shutdown“However, if the President insists on going for the rally in Zamfara on Sunday, there is no problem. From the beginning, the commission took a weighty but truthful position on the Zamfara APC primaries logjam, despite the fact that our party is the ruling political party. A Zamfara State High Court presided over by Justice Muhammad Shinkafi had last week Friday in Gusau, delivered a judgement which asked INEC to allow APC candidates to participate in the election.

Source: Punch January 31, 2019 23:26 UTC