{"id":154235,"date":"2025-03-07T08:53:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rep-jaji-makes-clarifications-on-alleged-political-tension-with-former-zamfara-govs-yari-matawalle"},"modified":"2025-03-07T08:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:53:03","slug":"rep-jaji-makes-clarifications-on-alleged-political-tension-with-former-zamfara-govs-yari-matawalle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rep-jaji-makes-clarifications-on-alleged-political-tension-with-former-zamfara-govs-yari-matawalle","title":{"rendered":"Rep Jaji makes clarifications on alleged political tension with former Zamfara govs, Yari, Matawalle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The member representing Birnin Magaji\/Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji, has dismissed speculations of a feud between him, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Muhammad Matawalle.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists at his residence in Gusau on Thursday, Jaji refuted claims circulating on social media, insisting that he has no personal grudges against Yari and Matawalle.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara remains a united front, stressing that his 2027 governorship ambition is not threatened by anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no personal dispute with Senator Yari or Minister Matawalle, as some have speculated online. My political movement, Jajiyya Amana, is a progressive platform within the APC, focused on strengthening the party, not causing division,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jaji emphasized the importance of unity among APC members, warning that no political party can thrive without internal cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>He condemned the actions of some unpatriotic individuals within the party attempting to sow discord, vowing that any attempt to destabilize the APC in Zamfara would be resisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the ones who built the APC in Zamfara, and we will not allow anyone to create divisions within the party,\u201d Jaji declared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The member representing Birnin Magaji\/Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. 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Speaking to journalists at his residence in Gusau on Thursday, Jaji refuted claims circulating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":154234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[16236,16238,16234,16235,16237,254,16233],"class_list":["post-154235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bello-muhammad-matawalle","tag-has-dismissed-speculations-of-a-feud-between-him","tag-hon-aminu-sani-jaji","tag-magaji-kaura-namoda-federal-constituency-in-the-house-of-representatives","tag-minister-of-state-for-defence","tag-nigeria","tag-senator-abdulaziz-yari"],"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>Rep Jaji makes clarifications on alleged political tension with former Zamfara govs, Yari, Matawalle - Nigeria<\/title>\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\/uncategorized\/rep-jaji-makes-clarifications-on-alleged-political-tension-with-former-zamfara-govs-yari-matawalle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rep Jaji makes clarifications on alleged political tension with former Zamfara govs, Yari, Matawalle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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