A former governorship aspirant in Zamfara State and Social Development & Patron of the Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Council 2023, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has kicked against the call for a state of emergency in Zamfara State.

In a statement signed on behalf of the Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development, Shinkafi said such calls are only sponsored by desperate politicians who lost elections and want to seize power unconstitutionally to loot the treasury and impoverish the people.

“We are aware of their antics as expired politicians and urge President Bola Tinubu and all lovers of democracy to ignore them as they wallow in their delusions of grandeur,” he said.

“The agenda of these agents provocateurs is to distract Governor Dauda Lawal and destabilize the state as it was before he assumed office on May 29, 2023.”

“Blinded by parochial interests, these reactionary forces demonstrate ignorance of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, regarding the strict conditions on the removal of a duly elected governor and state legislators, vis-à-vis the president’s power to declare a state of emergency in any part of the country. The appointment of a sole administrator is an aberration and undemocratic.”

“Certainly, Zamfara State does not fall under any of the clear provisions of the nation’s Constitution for removing the governor or declaring a state of emergency there. It is imprudent to overheat the polity and cause political upheaval.”