APC Chairmanship: Yari discusses dropping out of races and zoning

Abdulaziz Yari, the former Governor of Zamfara State, says he is still running for the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairmanship, despite reports that he has stepped down.

Yari stated this to journalists shortly after a meeting with the APC Senate Caucus on Tuesday in Abuja.

In response to reports in the media that the party had already zoned the position to the North-Central, Yari said he was unaware of any such arrangement.

“I have no knowledge of the zoning issue because it was not communicated to me; I only learned about it through social media.”

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“I’ve chosen the form, and we’re all set to meet at the polls,” he said.

Yari, who dislikes zoning, claims that members of the party are attempting to break the zoning curse by embracing true democracy.

Earlier in the meeting with the caucus, Yari stated that he was in the Senate to seek senators’ support.

“I’ve come to ask for your assistance. He stated, “I believe we have been working together and can continue to work together.”

Yari stated that the party required people who had been through the process and could be trusted to manage its affairs.

“We need people who have been trusted in the past, who have been given responsibilities and have delivered on those responsibilities.”

“It’s not about where you come from; it’s about what you’ve done in the past and what people think you can do,” he explained.

The APC, according to Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, is at a fork in the road.

“That’s a bad tidbit of information. However, the good news is that we are about to overcome these difficulties. The closer we get to Saturday, the higher our chances and our dreams of overcoming all of those obstacles grow.

“All we want in the National Assembly is a strong and unified APC that emerges from this convention and goes on to win the next elections,” he said.

“As a party, we have a duty to disappoint our opponents, the PDP.”

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“We want a leader who can speak truth to power, a leader who can arrest and bring together every ego, a leader who can make us understand that we are larger together than we are individually,” he added.