{"id":32889,"date":"2020-11-28T17:03:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T17:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32889"},"modified":"2020-11-28T17:03:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T17:03:37","slug":"ominous-signal-as-pdp-gov-rues-bad-blood-in-party-applauds-umahis-defection-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ominous-signal-as-pdp-gov-rues-bad-blood-in-party-applauds-umahis-defection-to-apc","title":{"rendered":"Ominous signal as PDP gov \u2018rues bad blood in party\u2019, applauds Umahi\u2019s defection to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle on Friday applauded Governor David Umahi for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n

He also warned against alleged \u2018bad blood\u2019 currently being witnessed in his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its consequences.<\/p>\n

According to him, it was the bad blood that led to Umahi\u2019s dumping of the party.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued by his media aide, Zailani Bappa, Matawalle also attacked governors of the PDP from the South-South for supposedly accusing him falsely.<\/p>\n

He said rather than condemn he would instead applaud Umahi for his \u201cbold decision\u201d because everyone \u201cfeels welcome only in a house where he feels comfortable\u201d.<\/p>\n

He went further to say, \u201cIf this trend of generating bad blood amongst us continues unabated, our great party will increasingly be on the receiving end as we move towards the year 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am having a very bad experience of recent from some of my PDP governor colleagues which I still find very puzzling. For instance, the South-South governors accusing me in the media are PDP governors and they are the same people who brewed controversy over the so-called Zamfara gold, premised on deliberate misinformation and outright lies.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurprisingly, it is the APC Federal Government which has all the correct records on the gold mining issue that came out to defend me in this saga. As PDP colleagues, I expected the governors to contact me first and find out my own side of the story before unleashing their venom in the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the brouhaha lasted, I commend the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari for being supportive of our efforts to organise the economic sector in the state to avoid using the mineral deposits to promote insecurity in our dear state.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the Federal Government is issuing licences to deserving companies to operate in the mining sector in the state. The biggest company with an investment of billions of naira is owned by a Nigerian from Anambra state. And I wonder where the idea of Zamfara state owning the gold mines emanated from. As at now, the state Government does not have a hand in any of the mining activity in the state because the constitution does not empower us to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call on the South-South governors to eschew intellectual idleness and support its people to operate modular refineries as provided by the law and lift their people out of fear rather than sit behind and start chasing shadows rather than substance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mattawalle\u2019s statement came amid speculations that more PDP governors may dump the party like Umahi for the ruling APC.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle on Friday applauded Governor David Umahi for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He also warned against alleged \u2018bad blood\u2019 currently being witnessed in his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its consequences. 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