{"id":177587,"date":"2025-09-04T07:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:46:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:46:26","slug":"apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes","title":{"rendered":"APC Tells Marafa He Can&#8217;t Influence Tinubu&#8217;s Votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed former Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa\u2019s claim that he delivered one million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 election, describing his comments as empty boasting.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday, APC chairman in the state, Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani, said Marafa had no record of electoral strength, stressing that President Tinubu\u2019s votes in Zamfara came through the party\u2019s structures and respected leaders, not individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that Marafa was voted out of the Senate by his own constituents in 2019, and he has yet to recover from that political defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven during the 2023 polls, he made baseless claims that had no bearing on the outcome of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarafa could not even win his own constituency elections, talk less of securing one million votes for President Tinubu,\u201d Danfulani said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose votes came because of the people\u2019s faith in our party and the leadership of figures like Bello Matawalle, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, and others who have carried our members along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that Marafa\u2019s recent threats to withhold votes in 2027 were baseless, pointing out that the former senator had lost relevance in Zamfara politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is laughable that Marafa, who could not win even his ward or local government, now claims he has the power to reduce Tinubu\u2019s votes,\u201d Danfulani said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is, he is a frustrated politician who failed to secure positions and now resorts to propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The APC chairman maintained that the party remains strong and united in Zamfara, citing its recent victory in the Kaura Namoda South State Assembly bye-election as proof of continued grassroots support.<\/p>\n<p>He urged members to disregard Marafa\u2019s statements, insisting that the APC\u2019s strength lies in its collective leadership and the confidence of the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis unguarded utterances are just out of frustration of losing election and his inability to secure appointments in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. Ordinarily, if not because he touched the President in his uncivilised manner, we would not have responded to a lower and rejected politician like him.\u201d<\/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 Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed former Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa\u2019s claim that he delivered one million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 election, describing his comments as empty boasting. In a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday, APC chairman in the state, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,254,945,150],"class_list":["post-177587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu","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>APC Tells Marafa He Can&#039;t Influence Tinubu&#039;s Votes - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed former Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa\u2019s clai ...\" \/>\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\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC Tells Marafa He Can&#039;t Influence Tinubu&#039;s Votes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed former Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa\u2019s clai ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-04T06:43:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-04T07:46:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756959556.494238.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"796\" \/>\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\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APC Tells Marafa He Can&#8217;t Influence Tinubu&#8217;s Votes\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-04T06:43:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-04T07:46:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes\"},\"wordCount\":376,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756959556.494238.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-tells-marafa-he-cant-influence-tinubus-votes\",\"name\":\"APC Tells Marafa He Can't Influence Tinubu's Votes - 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