{"id":136496,"date":"2024-11-01T19:55:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T18:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027"},"modified":"2024-11-01T21:07:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T20:07:46","slug":"zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara: PDP chieftain, Umar jittery of APC takeover in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Umar has expressed deep fear that the All Progressive Congress, APC, may wrestle power from the ruling PDP in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Umar told journalists in Gusau, the State capital, that he sensed that the political battle would be a do or die affair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough, I am a card carrying member of the PDP, the situation is taking another dimensions as APC money bags are investing for the 2027 general elections to secure victory for their party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn PDP, Governor Dauda Lawal is the only sponsor of the party, while others are hiding their money, which cannot take the party anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t forget that Senator Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, a two-term governor of the State and Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, also a former governor and the current minister of State, Defense, are deeply rooted in Zamfara politics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the member representing Bungudu\/ Maru federal constituency, Hon. Abdulmalik Zubairu Zannah is another strong pillar of the APC in the State, who will not allow PDP to run away with victory in his constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further, he mentioned that Senator Sahabi Ya\u2019u Kaura has always been in charge of the Zamfara North and would not allow PDP in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf APC can capture Zamfara North and West zones, what remains for PDP again to jubilate for?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPower of incumbency may not be allowed by APC to work in 2027 general elections as the people have been showing seriousness,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, PDP has not formed any government in the State since 1999, if not for the political wranglings within APC members, which started in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, they have been reunited to fight a common political battle which may likely favour them in 2027 general elections,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Umar has expressed deep fear that the All Progressive Congress, APC, may wrestle power from the ruling PDP in 2027. Umar told journalists in Gusau, the State capital, that he sensed that the political battle would be a do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":136495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,254,65,15202,150],"class_list":["post-136496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-umar-jittery","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zamfara: PDP chieftain, Umar jittery of APC takeover in 2027 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Umar has expressed deep fear that th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara: PDP chieftain, Umar jittery of APC takeover in 2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Umar has expressed deep fear that th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-01T18:55:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-01T20:07:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/sm_1730478820.099275.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara: PDP chieftain, Umar jittery of APC takeover in 2027\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-01T18:55:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-01T20:07:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/sm_1730478820.099275.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"Umar jittery\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-pdp-chieftain-umar-jittery-of-apc-takeover-in-2027\",\"name\":\"Zamfara: PDP chieftain, Umar jittery of APC takeover in 2027 - 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