A member representing Kaura-Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency of Zamfara state in the House of Representatives, Hon Sani Jaji has alleged that subversive agents are working to undermine the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 elections by denying some members of the party the chance to participate in the ongoing e-membership registration.
The lawmaker, while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja after his meeting with the National Chairman of the party, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda alleged that some members of the party that belong to the Jajiyya movement in the state were denied their membership registration.
He stated: “I met with the National Chairman today, because when the party started the e-registration I was not in the country, I travelled for a Lesser Hajj. Then my people called me, they said, there is an issue.
“They shortchanged the State Organising Secretary from participating in the process and some of the people that they belong to the Jajiyya movement in the state, they were denied having their membership registration.
“Now up to this moment that I’m speaking with you, nobody registered me as a sitting member of the House of Representatives. As somebody who served as the director of contact and mobilisation during the presidential campaign of the 2023 general election. I said that, no, something is wrong somewhere.’’
The lawmaker noted that it was based on this that he decided to visit the party secretariat to interact with the chairman on the issue.
Jahi stressed that similar circumstances or scenarios played out in 2015 in the then Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He added: “They undermined the presence of the structure of the party in the state, and that is why the party collapsed for some other factors. We have to take it to him (Yilwatda). We have to address the issue with him. Let him understand that really something must be done to avoid such things that people are doing, which is not good for the party.”
Jahi said the chairman has assured that the issue would be addressed immediately.
The lawmaker noted that the political game going on in the state has been at play since 2018.
He said: “Everybody knows about the political trajectory in the state and some other things that happened in 2018 and beyond.
“So I think that singular aspiration of mine, is still making them have serious unrest. Because they were not ready or prepared to explain to the people what they did while they were there, during their stewardship.
” What they did while the issue of insecurity, economic hardship and other things are still prevailing in the state. So they don’t answer to that one. What they believe, based on the belief and the trust people have in me, they see that I still have something to say and people still have hope in me, and really I can change the narrative in the state.