Former Federal lawmaker and a Chieftain of All Progressives Congress in Zamfara, Abdul Malik Zubairu Zannan Bungudu has described the recent petition filed against Zamfara former Governor Abdulazeez Yari Abubakar and other APC members by Sani Abdullahi Wamban Shinkafi as mischievous and deliberate attempt to continue to fool Governor Bello Matawalle.
Zannan Bungudu in an interview with the Managing Editor of Thunder Blowers on Sunday said it is laughable that, the same Shinkafi who called the sitting Governor names during the 2019 general elections is now coming in the public to tell the other side of the story about Matawalle simply because he has turned his political attitude into a money making venture.
Zannan Bungudu reacted to the recent petition filed to the new EFCC Chairman Abdul Rashid Bawa against Zamfara former Governor Abdulazeez Yari by the APGA chieftain Sani Abdullahi Wamban Shinkafi
“Same Wamban Shinkafi went public to call Governor Matawalle a “thief” via video that went viral during 2019 campaign, he accused him of diverting funds meant for procurement of weapons, and yet he is now telling a different story about Matawalle and insulting others just to please the Governor over what he has done to him in the past”.
“In that same viral video, Wambai threatened to drag EFCC to court if it failed to probe Governor Matawalle for corruption, and yet he has turned his eyes toward Abdulazeez Yari the former Governor”.
“Same Sani Shinkafi accused Matawalle of not having genuine SSCE result and embarrassed the Governor before the whole world, yet Matawalle is politically romancing this type of politician, Wamban Shinkafi”.
“Unless he is able to tell the public what has changed over his description of Matawalle as a “thief” in the same viral video, nobody would take him serious”.
“Governor Matawalle should be extra careful, this same Shinkafi would continue to hit him with political hammer after he leaves office because this is his political attitude and his own ways of making money by insulting and reigning abusive words and raising baseless allegations against personalities who have been to power.
“Everybody knows that Wamban Shinkafi is against the former Governor because he has refused to open the state treasury for him. It is his political strategy to always allow himself to be used by political stooges in blackmailing prominent sons of Zamfara State and former Governor Yari chose not to go that way and Wambai took offense of that and continued blackmailing Abdulazeez Yari left, right and center.
“He has been making baseless allegations mentioning figures that common sense cannot reason. This is the same person who accused former Governor Yari of mismanaging 900 billion naira in eight years. How much has Zamfara State collected from federation account and other sources all together between 2011 and 2019?” Zanna asked.
“Remember he called you people and addressed Press Conference in Shinkafi where he accused some APC members of attempting to induce bandits with 57 million naira in order to prevent them from releasing Jangebe abducted girls but when asked by the state chairman of the APC Lawal Liman on channels TV to prove his allegations by mentioning names, he became embarrassed and started beating around the bush” Zanna added.
He added that Sani Shinkafi is politically incapacitated and has no relevance since in the history after the return to politics in 1999, Shinkafi has never won his polling unit and APGA the party he has been contesting election has never won a polling unit in Zamfara state and challenged Sani Shinkafi to prove him wrong.
To strengthen his argument, Zanna added that in the just concluded bye election in Bakura, APGA scored a total of 26 votes noting that if not Matawallen Maradun, who would take Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi as a serious politician .
